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yardmasters

yardmasters is the plural of yardmaster.

Meaning of yardmaster

Noun

yardmaster (plural yardmasters)

  1. 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

Questions about yardmasters

What is yardmasters the plural of?
Yardmasters is the plural of yardmaster.

Words near yardmasters in the dictionary

  1. yardlong
  2. yardlong bean
  3. yardlong beans
  4. yardman
  5. yardmaster
  6. yardmasters
  7. yardmen
  8. yardpeople
  9. yardperson
  10. yardpersons
  11. yardroom

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