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gearmen

gearmen is the plural of gearman.

Meaning of gearman

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

Questions about gearmen

What is gearmen the plural of?
Gearmen is the plural of gearman.

Words near gearmen in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gearmen (page history and authors); gearman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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