signalman
Americannoun
noun
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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
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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
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
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 ● Dec. 3, 2023
The first lady was one of those kids; she’s the daughter of a Navy signalman.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
At that moment a signalman approached and saluted.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
The five unions represent around 3,500 workers that include locomotive engineers, machinists, electricians and signalmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
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 ● May 20, 2024
And signalmen who maintain signals and warnings at rail crossings have bigger territories to cover, making it harder to keep up with preventative maintenance.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
While the signalmen responsible for the crash at Quintinshill were both jailed, they served just over a year in prison and were reemployed in the railways after their release.
From BBC ● May 23, 2015
In die nighttime drills, signalmen lustily flung themselves onto the rocks.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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