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numbertaker

numbertaker noun: a person employed to note down numbers, in particular on railways where fleet numbers of wagons were recorded.

Noun

numbertaker (plural numbertakers)

  1. A person employed to note down numbers, in particular on railways where fleet numbers of wagons were recorded.
    • Step 2—Porter Grade 1, Goods Shunter Class 4, Shunt Horse Driver, Numbertaker, Traffic Timekeeper, etc.1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, in Railway Magazine, page 205

Forms of numbertaker

pluralnumbertakers

Origin of numbertaker

From number + taker, or number + take + -er.

Questions about numbertaker

What does numbertaker mean?
Numbertaker means a person employed to note down numbers, in particular on railways where fleet numbers of wagons were recorded.
What part of speech is numbertaker?
Numbertaker is a noun.
What is the plural of numbertaker?
The plural of numbertaker is numbertakers.

Words near numbertaker in the dictionary

  1. numbers rackets
  2. numbers station
  3. numbers stations
  4. numbers-matching
  5. numbersome
  6. numbertaker
  7. numbertakers
  8. numberwang
  9. numberwing
  10. numberwork
  11. numbery

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