switchman
a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
a person who assists in moving cars in a railway yard or terminal.
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How to use switchman in a sentence
But what limit is set to a switchman's courage I have never known, because I've never known one to balk at a yardmaster's order.
The Daughter of a Magnate | Frank H. SpearmanHe was a good switchman and more than ordinarily intelligent.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love | Elizabeth Ryder WheatonA railroad switchman who faces the company's president after saving a train from destruction might wear just that expression.
The Rest Hollow Mystery | Rebecca N. PorterThe next night he told me to keep the key till the old switchman came back on duty—so he must have had an extra one of his own.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success | Allen ChapmanHe snatched a lantern from the hand of a bewildered switchman and stumbled again toward the overturned car.
The Promise | James B. Hendryx
British Dictionary definitions for switchman
/ (ˈswɪtʃmən) /
US and Canadian a person who operates railway points: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): pointsman
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