flagman

English

Etymology

From flag +‎ -man.

Noun

flagman (plural flagmen)

1. A man who carries a flag, especially one used for signalling.
   • 1959 February, G. Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, in Trains Illustrated, page 88:

     At the approach to Southampton Terminus, double track branches off to the left, runs alongside the platforms and then cuts across Canute Road on an open crossing under the protection of a flagman.

Translations

One who carries a flag

• Bulgarian: сигналист m (signalist)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旗手 (zh) (qíshǒu)

• Finnish: liputtaja (fi)
• Japanese: 旗手 (ja) (きしゅ, kishu)
• Kazakh: тушы (tuşy)
• Korean: 기수(棋手) (ko) (gisu)