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trackman

American  
[trak-muhn] / ˈtræk mən /

noun

  • trackmen
    plural
  1. a person who assists in inspecting, installing, or maintaining railroad tracks.

  2. a trackwalker.


trackman British  
/ ˈtrækmən /

noun

  1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): platelayer. a workman who lays and maintains railway track

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of trackman

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; track + -man


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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

In five previous appearances in a nationwide tour for the benefit of the Finnish Relief Fund, he had looked like an average U. S. trackman.

From Time Magazine Archive

For nearly 30 years he had been identified with the railroad service filling positions from trackman to general superintendent.

From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns

Most other experts agree that U.S. trackmen will do even better in Mexico City than they did at Tokyo in 1964, when they won twelve out of 24 gold medals and broke two world records.

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

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

Come April showers, August heat waves, fall fogs or winter blizzards, the trackmen pull on spikes and practice every day of the year, and always amid a gaggle of trainers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The remains of many cars lay in heaps along the curve, and the trackmen like firebugs ran in and out of them.

From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth

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