motorman
Americannoun
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a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
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a person who operates a motor.
noun
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the driver of an electric train
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the operator of a motor
Gender
See -man.
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Etymology
Origin of motorman
Example Sentences
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A transit porter and motorman with the New York City subway in the 1980s, Mr. Naiden was active in a tiny communist cell within the union, endorsing free fares and encouraging turnstile hopping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The conductor and motorman, not yet aboard, ran to catch the car, but its fender knocked Rene down, and she was seriously injured.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Her husband Milton Deoth has been a sailor for over two decades and works as a motorman on MT Heroic Idun.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022
At the time, he was earning about $31.30 an hour as a motorman.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2022
The wheels slowed, clickety-clack, find the fifth, clickety-clack, find the fifth, as the motorman applied the brake and the train made its way ’round a steep mountain curve.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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