towerman
Americannoun
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towermen
plural
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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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Origin of towerman
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
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 Allen Chapman
The telegram read: "Ralph Fairbanks will report Monday morning at the roundhouse, Stanley Junction, for duty as a regularly appointed switch towerman on the Great Northern Railroad."
From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Allen Chapman
He also asked the towerman to telegraph ahead to Dover for a substitute engineer.
From Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail by Allen Chapman
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