stationmistress

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

station +‎ mistress

Noun[edit]

stationmistress (plural stationmistresses)

  1. (rail transport) The woman in charge of a railway station; a female stationmaster.
    • 1943 March and April, “Notes and News: On the Corris and Festiniog Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 114:
      At Corris the present G.W.R. operations are in charge of a stationmistress, recalling earlier days at Tan-y-Bwlch on the Festiniog line.