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nouna person who manages a small railroad station. Origin of station agentAn Americanism dating back to 1850–55 Words nearby station agentstatics, static tube, static water, statin, station, station agent, stationary, stationary engine, stationary engineer, stationary front, stationary orbit Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for station agentI cried out, while the conductor and brakeman and station-agent all called and holloed and clamored for Duncan to hurry. The Prairie Wife|Arthur Stringer I wonder,” remarks the station-agent, “if that Rockafeller telegram was genuwine. Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates The south-bound train had not arrived and as I turned away the station-agent again changed its time on the bulletin board. The House of a Thousand Candles|Meredith Nicholson Over on the side-track, where “The General” stood, the station-agent was talking to Andrews. Chasing an Iron Horse|Edward Robins
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