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sectionmen

sectionmen is the plural of sectionman.

Meaning of sectionman

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...

Questions about sectionmen

What is sectionmen the plural of?
Sectionmen is the plural of sectionman.

Words near sectionmen in the dictionary

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

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