car attendant

English

Noun

car attendant (plural car attendants)

1. (rail transport) An employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train.
   • 1952 February, “New Third Class Sleeping Cars”, in Railway Magazine, page 87:

     A bell circuit, fed from the train lighting battery, is connected to a push in each berth and functions in conjunction with a luminous indicator mounted over the door and in association with a cancellation push, for use by the car attendant.