railwayman

English

Etymology

railway +‎ -man

Noun

railwayman (plural railwaymen)

1. A man who works on a railway.
   • 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:

     The spirit of the local railwaymen in this emergency is shown by the Helensburgh fireman who heard the news at 8 a.m. on his radio and immediately went to the depot of his own accord to see what help he could give.

Translations

man who works on a railway

• Finnish: rautatieläinen (fi)
• French: cheminot (fr) m
• German: Eisenbahner (de) m
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• Italian: ferroviere (it) m
• Polish: kolejarz (pl) m
• Russian: железнодоро́жник (ru) m (železnodoróžnik)