railman

English

Etymology

rail + -man

Noun

railman (plural railmen)

  1. A man who works on a railway.
    Synonym: railwayman
    Coordinate terms: railwoman, railworker
    • 2022 September 7, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 965, page 71:
      "The railman on the platform, whom I knew well, looked a bit bemused and asked what I was doing. Thinking it a silly question, I said something along the lines of 'what do you think? I'm going home to bed'.
      "He then said 'but you don't live here anymore'.
    • 2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 38:
      There was also a belief that they had been taken advantage of - "kicked from pillar to post, the bottom dogs in the labour market because of the inherent love of railmen for their jobs", according to one NUR member.

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