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signalwoman

noun

Etymology

From signal + -woman.

  1. derived from signum
  2. derived from signālis
  3. derived from signāle
  4. derived from segnal
  5. formed as signalwoman — “signal + -woman”

Definitions

  1. A woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.

    • The two signalwomen at Highworth and the two signalmen at Kingsdown Road have now little to do, but it is planned to retain only Kingsdown as an exchange point, and revert to "one engine" working between there and Highworth.

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