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trainmen

trainmen is the plural of trainman.

Meaning of trainman

Noun

trainman (plural trainmen)

  1. A person who works on trains on a railway / railroad.
    • Fourth, if there is a shortage of motive power or of trainmen, it is generally the lower orders of freight train which have to be curtailed or cancelled altogether.1961 March, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169
  2. (US) A brakeman.

Questions about trainmen

What is trainmen the plural of?
Trainmen is the plural of trainman.

Words near trainmen in the dictionary

  1. trainman
  2. trainmaster
  3. trainmasters
  4. trainmate
  5. trainmates
  6. trainmen
  7. traino
  8. trainor
  9. trainors
  10. trainos
  11. trainpipe

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