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gearman

gearman noun: someone who is responsible for the maintenance of equipment belonging to a shipping company, railroad, trucking company, or colliery.

Noun

gearman (plural gearmen)

  1. Someone who is responsible for the maintenance of equipment belonging to a shipping company, railroad, trucking company, or colliery.
    • As gearman I have to see that the brakes are in perfect order; cars are in running order on 23d Street line at present.1901, Case and Exceptions, page 69
    • In this case the gearman's job consists simply in keeping the slime off the drum with bathbrick and attending to the oiling.1934, S. A. Garnham, Robert L. Hadfield, The Submarine Cable, page 70

Examples of gearman in a sentence

  • Before a job is begun the nature of the cargo and the gear that will be required is determined; required gear is taken out of stock in the gear locker room by the gearman.1971, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 494:
  • Dreamy was working him on the gear with the gearman during the day, checking clusters, replacing burned out bulbs, repairing tents, changing runners, replacing guys, trimming derricks.2006, Wayne Ward, The Last Seaman, page 103:

Forms of gearman

pluralgearmen

Origin of gearman

From gear + -man.

Questions about gearman

What does gearman mean?
Gearman means someone who is responsible for the maintenance of equipment belonging to a shipping company, railroad, trucking company, or colliery.
How do you use gearman in a sentence?
Before a job is begun the nature of the cargo and the gear that will be required is determined; required gear is taken out of stock in the gear locker room by the gearman.
What part of speech is gearman?
Gearman is a noun.
What is the plural of gearman?
The plural of gearman is gearmen.

Words near gearman in the dictionary

  1. gearless
  2. gearlessness
  3. gearlike
  4. gearmaker
  5. gearmakers
  6. gearman
  7. gearmen
  8. gearmotor
  9. gearmotors
  10. gears
  11. gears down

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