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English
Etymology
railway + woman
Noun
railwaywoman (plural railwaywomen)
- (rail transport) A woman who works on a railway.
1943 March-April, John R. Hind, “The British Railways at War”, in Railway Magazine, page 95:Some 100,000 railwaymen have been released to join the fighting forces, 90,000 are training as Home Guards in addition to their railway work, 170,000 members of the railway staffs have been fully trained in A.R.P. duties, and 100,000 railwaywomen are now employed.
Translations
woman who works on a railway
— see also railwayman