trainman
Americannoun
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trainmen
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Etymology
Origin of trainman
1635–45, in sense “member of a trainband”; 1875–80 for current sense; train + -man
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Kreichbaum, 24, was working as a trainman for the Cumberland Valley Railroad when he was drafted.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 17, 2018
Two defendants were employees: Gary Griffiths, a former trainman who had risen to the executive position of chief mechanical officer; and his trainman nephew, Cliff Steffes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2011
His nephew Mr. Steffes was a trainman at the rail yard.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
He would have fallen under the wheels if a trainman had not hauled him aboard by the ears.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up to that time it had been no sinecure, being a conductor or a trainman on the old Rome road.
From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Edward Hungerford
Canadian Pacific Kansas City reached a new tentative agreement with the union representing its engineers and trainmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
“Timid travelers may ask questions with no fear of being rebuffed by hurrying trainmen, or imposed upon by hotel runners, chauffeurs or others in blue uniforms,” a promotional brochure boasted.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2013
But on Thursday, the brought what very well could be be the first insider-trading lawsuit against a pair of trainmen.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
Eder pays a flat, guaranteed annual wage of $16,460 to each of his trainmen, $4,640 a year better than the Penn Central pays, and he plans equal bonuses, regardless of salary.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once when it was my turn at the air-hole, I saw in the moonlight trainmen carrying a length of twisted rail.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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