locomotive engineer
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noun
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Nearby words
- locoman,
- locomobile,
- locomote,
- locomotion,
- locomotive,
- locomotor,
- locomotor ataxia,
- locoweed,
- locrian,
- locris
Origin of locomotive engineer
First recorded in 1885–90
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for locomotive engineer
Even the brakemen and the locomotive-engineer who walked in advance of the horses were completely painted with it.
With the French in France and Salonika|Richard Harding Davis