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Webster 1913 Edition

Shunter

Shunt′er

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Noun.

(Railroad)

A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.

Definition 2024

shunter

shunter

English

Noun

shunter ‎(plural shunters)

(rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher
(rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations

Synonyms

(locomotive): switcher (US)

Translations

a railway locomotive used for shunting

Czech: posunovací lokomotiva f

French: locotracteur (fr) m
German: Rangierlokomotive f
Portuguese: locotrator (Portugal), locomotiva manobreira f

a person who carries out shunting operations

Czech: posunovač m

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