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signalwomen

signalwomen is the plural of signalwoman.

Meaning of signalwoman

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

Questions about signalwomen

What is signalwomen the plural of?
Signalwomen is the plural of signalwoman.

Words near signalwomen in the dictionary

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

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