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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His father was a railway signalman and his mother came from a mining family.
From BBC
Jacobs was 17 when he joined the Navy in November 1944, after D-Day, and became a Navy signalman.
From Seattle Times
The Association of American Railroads trade group said in a statement that the new dispatcher and signalmen rules aren’t likely to make a significant improvement in safety because the railroads already train their employees.
From Seattle Times
The newlyweds originally met on a train eight years ago, and Ms Anderson's father, who gave her away, was a railway signalman for 51 years.
From BBC
Her father was a railway signalman, union official and former merchant seaman who claimed that her pram was crammed full of Labour literature during the campaign that led to Labour's 1945 landslide election victory.
From BBC
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