trainmaster

[ treyn-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

noun

1. a person who has charge of operations over one portion of a railroad.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trainmaster¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; train + master

Example Sentences

When necessary, an additional trainmaster is appointed for the previous outside duties of the assistant superintendent.

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The sight of these women so excited our curiosity that the trainmaster called a halt until they passed us.

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After the war he re-entered railway work, and was trainmaster and later general superintendent.

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If the flagman does not tell the official to go to h——, the trainmaster probably will.

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Human nature is such that the trainmaster, stung by an implied reflection, constitutes himself attorney for the defense.

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