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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As a novice motorman he was once confused by the glaring beams; “red lights shone in front of me like the rifle barrels of an approaching platoon.”
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
But another sensation soon distracted me: After a slow start, the motorman had opened up the throttle.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2021
And the postman and the trolley motorman and half a dozen policemen from the Haarlem Police Headquarters just around the corner.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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