signalman
Americannoun
plural
signalmennoun
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a railway employee in charge of the signals and points within a section
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a man who sends and receives signals, esp in the navy
Other Word Forms
- undersignalman noun
Etymology
Origin of signalman
Example Sentences
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Tarr followed with “The Man From London,” which he and Krasznahorkai adapted from a novel by Georges Simenon, about a seaside railway signalman who confronts a moral quandary involving a murder mystery.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
His father was a railway signalman and his mother came from a mining family.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
Jacobs was 17 when he joined the Navy in November 1944, after D-Day, and became a Navy signalman.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
The first lady was one of those kids; she’s the daughter of a Navy signalman.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Talking of nails," continued Stirling, "I've just had a rum case--Thompson, the leading signalman.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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