yardmaster
yardmaster noun: a railway employee who is in charge of a railway yard.
Noun
yardmaster (plural yardmasters)
- A railway employee who is in charge of a railway yard.
- Each evening the Yardmaster in charge of each yard prepares a list of the freight trains (booked and special) which he proposes to run next day.1943 September and October, T. F. Cameron, “Train and Traffic Control”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
- The London Midland Region has announced receipt of authority from the Ministry of Transport to resume the reconstruction of Stafford station and layout, interrupted at the Minister's behest; contracts have now been placed for the erection of the new station buildings and the yardmaster's office.1961 May, “Talking of Trains: Stourton and Stafford approved”, in Trains Illustrated, page 260
yardmaster meaning in Tamil
yardmaster in Tamil
- இருப்பூர்தித் தங்குவெளி மேற்பார்வையாளர்
Forms of yardmaster
| plural | yardmasters |
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Origin of yardmaster
From yard + master.
Questions about yardmaster
- What does yardmaster mean?
- Yardmaster means a railway employee who is in charge of a railway yard.
- What is yardmaster in Tamil?
- Yardmaster in Tamil is இருப்பூர்தித் தங்குவெளி மேற்பார்வையாளர். See Yardmaster meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is yardmaster?
- Yardmaster is a noun.
- What is the plural of yardmaster?
- The plural of yardmaster is yardmasters.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yardmaster (page history and authors); yardmaster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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