trainman

English

Etymology

train +‎ -man

Noun

trainman (plural trainmen)

1. (rail transport) A person who works on trains on a railway / railroad.
   • 1961 March, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169:

     Fourth, if there is a shortage of motive power or of trainmen, it is generally the lower orders of freight train which have to be curtailed or cancelled altogether.

2. (US) A brakeman.

References

• “trainman”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.