My father is a railwayman.
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Railwayman
//ˈɹeɪlweɪmən//
Synonyms for "railwayman" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (2)
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2 entriesderived from
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1 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- железничар noun (man who works on a railway)
Catalan
2 entries- carrilaire noun (man who works on a railway)
- ferroviari noun (man who works on a railway)
Dutch
1 entries- spoorwegman noun (man who works on a railway)
Finnish
1 entries- rautatieläinen noun (man who works on a railway)
French
1 entries- cheminot noun (man who works on a railway)
Friulian
1 entries- ferovîr noun (man who works on a railway)
German
1 entries- Eisenbahner noun (man who works on a railway)
Hindi
1 entries- ख़लासी noun (man who works on a railway)
Hungarian
1 entries- vasutas noun (man who works on a railway)
Italian
1 entries- ferroviere noun (man who works on a railway)
Kazakh
1 entries- теміржолшы noun (man who works on a railway)
Latvian
1 entries- dzelzceļnieks noun (man who works on a railway)
Macedonian
2 entries- железничар noun (man who works on a railway)
- железничарка noun (man who works on a railway)
Piedmontese
1 entries- ferovié noun (man who works on a railway)
Polish
1 entries- kolejarz noun (man who works on a railway)
Romanian
2 entries- feroviar noun (man who works on a railway)
- feroviară noun (man who works on a railway)
Russian
1 entries- железнодоро́жник noun (man who works on a railway)
Spanish
2 entries- ferroviaria noun (man who works on a railway)
- ferroviario noun (man who works on a railway)
Ukrainian
1 entries- залізни́чник noun (man who works on a railway)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The boy's father is a railwayman.
Source: tatoeba (12354068)
The spirit of the local railwaymen in this emergency is shown by the Helensburgh fireman who heard the news at 8 a.m. on his radio and immediately went to the depot of his own accord to see what help he could give.
Source: wiktionary
Nizan was, of course, Marxist and he did use his Marxist intelligence—although, thank God, never the jargon—to show the [economic] and emotional cost of the life of Antoine Bloye, a [working‐class] railwayman who made the painful rise to become a railway functionary and a member of the petit bourgeoisie.
Source: wiktionary
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