Gateman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A gatekeeper; a person who guards a gate.

    "The cars built before 1913 had clerestory roofs, after the American style, and also were provided with gates and end vestibule platforms requiring gatemen."

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"The cars built before 1913 had clerestory roofs, after the American style, and also were provided with gates and end vestibule platforms requiring gatemen."

Etymology

From gate + -man.

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