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signalwoman

signalwoman noun: a woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.

signalwoman: a woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway
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Noun

signalwoman (plural signalwomen)

  1. A woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
    • The two signalwomen at Highworth and the two signalmen at Kingsdown Road have now little to do, but it is planned to retain only Kingsdown as an exchange point, and revert to "one engine" working between there and Highworth.1959 October, Trevor J. Saunders, “The Swindon and Highworth Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 710

Forms of signalwoman

pluralsignalwomen

Origin of signalwoman

From signal + -woman.

Questions about signalwoman

What does signalwoman mean?
Signalwoman means a woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
What part of speech is signalwoman?
Signalwoman is a noun.
What is the plural of signalwoman?
The plural of signalwoman is signalwomen.

Words near signalwoman in the dictionary

  1. signalpost
  2. signalposts
  3. signals
  4. signals intelligence
  5. signalwave
  6. signalwoman
  7. signalwomen
  8. signare
  9. signares
  10. signaries
  11. signary

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