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locoman

noun

Etymology

Probably from loco (“crazy”) + man

  1. inherited from *mon-✻ — “human being, man”
  2. inherited from *mann-✻ — “man”
  3. inherited from *mann✻
  4. inherited from mann — “human being, person, man”
  5. inherited from man
  6. compounded as locoman — “loco + man”

Definitions

  1. Someone who works on a locomotive.

    • The evidence which I propose to give will deal with safety and health questions concerning all grades of enginemen, boilermen, and locomen […]
    • As an ex-locoman of the steam days between 1954 and 1968, I would like to set right a misconception that is prevalent in some areas of the steam locomotive preservation movement.

  2. A person in Suriname thought to be a clairvoyant or a sorcerer.

    • Locomen, prophets who claim clairvoyance, tossed animal bones from magical gourds, reading the scattered patterns to gain a glimpse into tomorrow.
    • John Gabriel Stedman described Quacy as a locoman, diviner, and sorcerer (rather than an obeah man) who made and sold 'oias or amulets' that made their wearers 'invulnerable'.

The neighborhood

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