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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And the postman and the trolley motorman and half a dozen policemen from the Haarlem Police Headquarters just around the corner.
From Literature
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 Literature
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
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