Definition of trainman in English:
trainman
nounPlural trainmen ˈtreɪnmanˈtreɪnˌmæn
A railway employee who works on trains.
Example sentencesExamples
- That diesel doses were relatively high was assumed from the indoor conditions described, including locomotive cabs for trainmen.
- Neurobehavioral evaluations of the electricians and trainmen were paid for by other law firms.
- All day I struggled through translations with a pocket dictionary, and was rewarded by getting to know the trainmen and hearing them talk about their experiences in the narrow gauge past.
- Bert, a younger trainman, walked out of the ticket booth and came towards me and the child.
- But the diesel kept going, because the hostler, not being a trainman, had never thought of trying the coupling.