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traincrew

traincrew noun: the crew of employees that operate a railway train.

Noun

traincrew (plural traincrews)

  1. The crew of employees that operate a railway train.
    • This has included, for example, getting French railway driving licences for traincrew, as cross acceptance will cease in a no deal scenario.2019 October, Rail Freight Group, “Consequences of a no deal Brexit”, in Modern Railways, page 20
    • All that is happily a thing of the past, following construction of a new combined engineering and traincrew depot to which some 450 frontline and managerial staff have been transferred.2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Exeter Train Care Depot”, in RAIL, number 940, page 51

Forms of traincrew

pluraltraincrews
alternative formtrain crew

Origin of traincrew

From train + crew.

Questions about traincrew

What does traincrew mean?
Traincrew means the crew of employees that operate a railway train.
What part of speech is traincrew?
Traincrew is a noun.
What is the plural of traincrew?
The plural of traincrew is traincrews.

Words near traincrew in the dictionary

  1. trainbearer
  2. trainbearers
  3. trainboy
  4. trainboys
  5. traincare
  6. traincrew
  7. traincrews
  8. traineau
  9. traineaus
  10. trained
  11. trained up

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