Railman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A man who works on a railway.

    ""The railman on the platform, whom I knew well, looked a bit bemused and asked what I was doing. Thinking it a silly question, I said something along the lines of 'what do you think? I'm going home to bed'. "He then said 'but you don't live here anymore'."

Synonyms

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railwayman

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""The railman on the platform, whom I knew well, looked a bit bemused and asked what I was doing. Thinking it a silly question, I said something along the lines of 'what do you think? I'm going home to bed'. "He then said 'but you don't live here anymore'."

Etymology

From rail + -man.

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