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English
Etymology
rail + -man
Noun
railman (plural railmen)
- A man who works on a railway.
- Synonym: railwayman
- Coordinate terms: railwoman, railworker
2022 September 7, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 965, page 71:"The railman on the platform, whom I knew well, looked a bit bemused and asked what I was doing. Thinking it a silly question, I said something along the lines of 'what do you think? I'm going home to bed'.
"He then said 'but you don't live here anymore'.
2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 38:There was also a belief that they had been taken advantage of - "kicked from pillar to post, the bottom dogs in the labour market because of the inherent love of railmen for their jobs", according to one NUR member.
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