In Japan there are train stations with a cat for a stationmaster.
Source: tatoeba (3446761)
Stationmaster
//ˈsteɪʃənˈmɑːstə//
Synonyms for "stationmaster" (24 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 16 languages.
Basque
1 entries- geltokiburu noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Bulgarian
1 entries- началник гара noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 站長 /站长 noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Danish
1 entries- stationsmester noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Finnish
1 entries- asemapäällikkö noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
French
1 entries- chef de gare noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
German
2 entries- Bahnhofsvorstand noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
- Bahnhofsvorsteher noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Greek
1 entries- σταθμάρχης noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Ingrian
1 entries- stantsian nacalnikka noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Italian
1 entries- capostazione noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Japanese
1 entries- 駅長 noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Norwegian
1 entries- stasjonsmester noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Portuguese
1 entries- chefe de estação noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Romanian
1 entries- șef de gară noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Russian
1 entries- нача́льник ста́нции noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Swedish
2 entries- stationsinspektor noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
- stins noun (the person in charge of a railroad station)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
If you don't believe us, go and ask the stationmaster.
Source: tatoeba (10067740)
The glare, the flies, while they waited, and he and the stationmaster put their heads together over the time-table, trying to find this other train, which, of course, they wouldn't catch.
Source: wiktionary
A letter from the Stationmaster was issued to all the staff, thanking them for "sticking it out" through one of the most difficult periods ever experienced at Redhill. None of them will easily forget Christmas, 1957.
Source: wiktionary
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