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engineman|ˈɛndʒɪnmən|
[f. engine n. + man.]
a. One who works, or helps to work, a fire-engine.
b. One who attends to a stationary steam-engine.
c. The driver of a locomotive.
1835Parsons Tourist's Comp. 243 No gratuity is allowed to be taken by any guard, engineman, porter, etc. 1852Hawthorne Blithedale Rom. xxii. (1885) 171 A fire..brought out the engine-men. 1859Smiles Self-Help iv. 81 Stephenson taught himself arithmetic and mensuration while working as an engineman. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. viii. 261 He saw..only the guards and enginemen. |