brakeman

noun

Etymology

From brake + -man.

  1. derived from braeke
  2. derived from braak
  3. derived from brake
  4. suffixed as brakeman — “brake + man

Definitions

  1. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.

  2. A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from…

    A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.

  3. A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA