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Webster 1913 Edition


Switchman

Switch′man

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Switchmen
.
One who tends a switch on a railway.

Definition 2024


switchman

switchman

English

Noun

switchman (plural switchmen)

  1. A person who operates railway switches which route trains onto rail tracks.
  2. A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard.

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