switchman
Americannoun
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switchmen
plural
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a person who has charge of a switch on a railroad.
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a person who assists in moving cars in a railway yard or terminal.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of switchman
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Hult, who worked as a railroad company switchman for three decades after his military service, has plenty of company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
His father was a switchman for the Canadian National Railway, and his mother was a nurse who encouraged his interest in acting, beginning with an appearance on a CBC radio play when he was 8.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2018
Included among Iowa lawmakers are pharmacists, doctors, teachers, small-business owners, a railroad switchman and a whole crop of farmers.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 27, 2016
According to birth and voter records, his father, Ova Childers, was a railroad switchman.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2014
The one-armed switchman who had charge of these tracks appeared on the scene, his signal flag stuck under his perfect arm, and looking flustered.
From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Allen Chapman
The conductors, engineers and switchmen running the trains are not part of the supply-chain problem.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
But what really bothers Joe is that switchmen haven't been listening to him.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2011
Even though I probably knew more than most switchmen.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2011
Before the President took to the radio, the wildcat strike of railroad switchmen and yardmen threatened to be one of the ugliest in U.S. history.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had in his hand one of those little red flags that switchmen use, which he waved on either side.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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