motorman
noun
a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
motormen
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pluralof motorman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Garth said that teenage friends of his would sometimes cajole motormen into letting them drive the streetcars into town from Glen Echo late at night.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 6, 2021
Timed signals not only indicate to motormen when they are speeding but automatically trip the brakes to stop a train that passes a red light without permission.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
She greeted the train operator — they are no longer known as motormen — in the first car before taking her place in the booth in the sixth, in the middle of the train.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2013
Keno learned all about the system by hanging out in the subway dispatcher's office in Brooklyn, where he picked up the transit jargon and befriended motormen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, I might have wondered what you were giving the motormen for dinner.
From The Comings of Cousin Ann by Sampson, Emma Speed
