towerman
Americannoun
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Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
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Aviation. an air-traffic controller.
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Example Sentences
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The voice of the towerman at Lod Airport broke suddenly last week as he passed along that seemingly routine flight clearance to a visiting Swiss pilot.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1911 he presented the result of his first work in aerodynamics to the French engineer and towerman, Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the men was evidently the head towerman.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
What a record: Roundhouse wiper, towerman, fireman, engineer, train dispatcher, and now beating the special road service right on its own grounds!
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
The old towerman disappeared down the trap ladder.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
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