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haltkeeper

haltkeeper noun: a person in charge of a halt (a small railroad station).

Noun

haltkeeper (plural haltkeepers)

  1. A person in charge of a halt (a small railroad station).
    • ... tickets were 'issued by the haltkeeper '.1978, Alan Arthur Jackson, London's Local Railways, David and Charles, page 143
    • Each platform was equipped with basic facilities: a ticket hut and waiting shelter, running-in boards and a row of gas lamps kept by the resident haltkeeper.2023 May 21, Wikipedia contributors, “Cheriton Halt railway station”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

Forms of haltkeeper

pluralhaltkeepers

Origin of haltkeeper

From halt + keeper.

Questions about haltkeeper

What does haltkeeper mean?
Haltkeeper means a person in charge of a halt (a small railroad station).
What part of speech is haltkeeper?
Haltkeeper is a noun.
What is the plural of haltkeeper?
The plural of haltkeeper is haltkeepers.

Words near haltkeeper in the dictionary

  1. haltingly
  2. haltingness
  3. haltings
  4. Haltiwanger
  5. Haltiwangers
  6. haltkeeper
  7. haltkeepers
  8. haltless
  9. haltlose personality disorder
  10. Haltom
  11. Haltom City

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