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
How did these employees — a mechanical engineer and a trainman — know their company was on the block?
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2010
His nephew Mr. Steffes was a trainman at the rail yard.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2010
Borrowing a bicycle, a trainman pedaled to the nearest police station in Cheddington, and reached it an hour after the crime.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the engineer, firemen, and some of the brakemen worked over the disabled engine, another trainman walked back to the nearest telegraph office to summon a relief engine.
From Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp by Allen Chapman
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
The trainmen had held out against calling the vote.
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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