trainstern.

Brit.

/ˈtreɪnstə/, U.S.

/ˈtreɪnstər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Russian lexical item. Etymons: train n.², -ster suffix.

Etymology: < train n.² + -ster suffix. Compare earlier trainman n.² In quot. 2009 after Russian poezdošnik thief who specializes in robbing passengers on trains (1903 or earlier; a suffixed derivative of poezd train).

rare.

A person who works on trains.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun]

railwayman1829

trainman1838

railroader1839

railman1867

trainster1893

rail1925

1893 Daily Graphic 25 Nov. 18 He worked as trainster on a new railway track some way out of town.

2009 A. A. Gentes tr. V. Doroshevich Russia's Penal Colony in Far East ii. iv. 343 Take a pickpocket: he's a pickpocket but he steals a fur coat from a ballroom's foyer. He's not performing his job. That's for ‘ballroomers’. Furthermore, a ballroomer doesn't go aboard trains and rob passengers... For this, there are the ‘trainsters’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trainster
释义	trainstern. Brit. /ˈtreɪnstə/, U.S. /ˈtreɪnstər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Russian lexical item. Etymons: train n.², -ster suffix. Etymology: < train n.² + -ster suffix. Compare earlier trainman n.² In quot. 2009 after Russian poezdošnik thief who specializes in robbing passengers on trains (1903 or earlier; a suffixed derivative of poezd train). rare. A person who works on trains. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] railwayman1829 trainman1838 railroader1839 railman1867 trainster1893 rail1925 1893 Daily Graphic 25 Nov. 18 He worked as trainster on a new railway track some way out of town. 2009 A. A. Gentes tr. V. Doroshevich Russia's Penal Colony in Far East ii. iv. 343 Take a pickpocket: he's a pickpocket but he steals a fur coat from a ballroom's foyer. He's not performing his job. That's for ‘ballroomers’. Furthermore, a ballroomer doesn't go aboard trains and rob passengers... For this, there are the ‘trainsters’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893
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