motorman
Americannoun
PLURAL
motormen-
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.
Etymology
Origin of motorman
Example Sentences
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That train’s motorman was found at fault for alcohol intoxication and served 10 years in prison for manslaughter.
From Seattle Times
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
Her husband Milton Deoth has been a sailor for over two decades and works as a motorman on MT Heroic Idun.
From BBC
At the time, he was earning about $31.30 an hour as a motorman.
From New York Times
Born in New York less than a mile from Broadway, McCann’s father was a subway motorman and her mother was a housewife.
From Seattle Times
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