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railwayman

noun
/ˈɹeɪlweɪmən/

Etymology

From railway + -man.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *wegaz✻
  3. inherited from *weg✻
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. compounded as railway — “rail + way”
  7. formed as railwayman — “railway + -man”

Definitions

  1. A man who works on a railway.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for railwayman. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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