rodman
Americannoun
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rodmen
plural
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a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
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a person who carries the leveling rod in surveying.
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Origin of rodman
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Son of a railroad president, he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, began railroading in 1868 as a rodman.
From Time Magazine Archive
He started with the road as a rodman in 1901 after graduating from Trinity College, trod the traditional path of railroad promotion until 1926 when he was made vice president in charge of operations.
From Time Magazine Archive
After graduating from Purdue he went to work as a rodman for the I. C., rose steadily through the engineering department.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since President Thomson's time nearly every chief executive of the road has begun his career either as a rodman in the Pennsylvania engineering department or a mechanic in its shops.
From Time Magazine Archive
On account of his brilliant record for scholarship and skill with figures, Binney was made rodman, a position that far outranked Glen's and commanded twice his pay.
From Campmates A Story of the Plains by Kirk Munroe
Later, one of the rodmen was sent to guide Harry to the nearest small town, twenty-eight miles away, for ice.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"You cubs better clear out of here now," suggested one of the rodmen.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"Men," called Tom striding over to the little party of rodmen, "tell me where the nearest physician is to be found."
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
I amuse myself by presuming to have a special list for each month, week, day, and hour, but the extravagantly erratic notions of the trout forbid my recommending it to brother rodmen.
From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Charles Barker Bradford
So, after the engineers, their chainmen and rodmen had left camp Tom wandered about disconsolately.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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