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ˈsignalman
[f. signal n. 3 and 4.]
1. A man employed to make, convey, display, or give signals. (Chiefly in Naval use.)
1737Chamberlayne's St. Gt. Brit. II. 115 Mr. John Dominick Grana, Signal-man. 1834Marryat P. Simple (1863) 117 Our captain was determined not to see it, and ordered the signal-man not to look that way. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 626 Signal-man, the yeoman of the signals; a first-class petty officer in the navy. 1898Kipling Fleet in Being 16 A signalman pattered by to relieve his mate on the bridge.
2. A railway employee who attends to the signals which show whether the line is clear or not.
1840B'ham Jrnl. 28 Nov. 4/2 At every station there shall be an officer or officers under the name of ‘signal men’. 1866Chamb. Jrnl. III. 271 A very simple and complete method of communication between the signalman and switchman. |