Stationmistress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The woman in charge of a railway station; a female stationmaster.

    "At Corris the present G.W.R. operations are in charge of a stationmistress, recalling earlier days at Tan-y-Bwlch on the Festiniog line."

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"At Corris the present G.W.R. operations are in charge of a stationmistress, recalling earlier days at Tan-y-Bwlch on the Festiniog line."

Etymology

From station + mistress.

Related phrases

railway station

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