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sectionman

sectionman noun: a railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.

Noun

sectionman (plural sectionmen)

  1. (Canada, US) A railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
    • ... a sectionman was killed when his motor velocipede was struck by an extra freight on a curve; a sectionman was crushed between two cars when working on a track left unprotected; a sectionman was struck by a shifting engine; …1916, Annual Report of the Public Utilities Commission, State of Maine, Sentinel Publishing Company https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hi1FAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA56&lpg=RA2-PA56&dq=%22sectionman%22&source...
    • Sectionmen step back to admire a T&P Texas in West Texas as the 2-10-4 comes charging up bad Baird Hill.1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co. (photo caption)

Forms of sectionman

pluralsectionmen
alternative formsection man
alternative formsection-man

Origin of sectionman

From section + man.

Questions about sectionman

What does sectionman mean?
Sectionman means a railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
What part of speech is sectionman?
Sectionman is a noun.
What is the plural of sectionman?
The plural of sectionman is sectionmen.

Words near sectionman in the dictionary

  1. sectionize
  2. sectionized
  3. sectionizes
  4. sectionizing
  5. sectionless
  6. sectionman
  7. sectionmen
  8. sections
  9. sectionwide
  10. sectioplanography
  11. sectish

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