trackman
Americannoun
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trackmen
plural
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a person who assists in inspecting, installing, or maintaining railroad tracks.
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a trackwalker.
noun
Gender
See -man.
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Etymology
Origin of trackman
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The coaches in Tacoma have charted almost everything with the aid of trackman and rapsodo as well.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2020
Kenneth started as a trackman, replacing heavy wooden ties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2016
In spite of his sedentary occupation, father Muskie was a confirmed outdoorsman at heart, and Ed became an enthusiastic fisherman, a good skier and a competent trackman in school.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yale had her Driscolls nearly 20 years ago, one an oarsman, one a trackman, neither brilliant.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But we see it spread, Miss Warfield," said the trackman with a conclusive gesture.
From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Post, Melville Davisson
Italy, which has surprisingly produced a small army of capable trackmen, has a 1,500-meter hope in Francesco Arese, a black-mustachioed teacher who runs 25 to 30 kilometers a day through the traffic of Turin.
From Time Magazine Archive
While junketing U.S. trackmen were shellacking their Latin neighbors, a band of talented homebodies put on quite a show of their own.
From Time Magazine Archive
So happy was one of the world's greatest trackmen to be free of politics that he lined up his family, down to youngest daughter Denise, 14 months, for a joyous group portrait on the blocks.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Moscow last summer, Russian trackmen, who had been making quantum jumps in the sport, lost to the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trackmen and the wreck crews were all night in the most dangerous portions of the road.
From The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Walker, James Herbert
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