locoman

American

[loh-koh-muhn] / ˈloʊ koʊ mən /

noun

British Informal.

a locomotive engine driver.

locoman British

/ ˈləʊkəʊmən /

noun

informal a railwayman, esp an engine-driver

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Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

locomen

plural

Etymology

Origin of locoman

First recorded in 1940–45; loco(motive) + -man

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