RAILROADER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An employee of a railroad

Synonyms:

railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("railroader" is a kind of...):

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railroader"):

brakeman (a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes)

signalman (a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard)

yardman (worker in a railway yard)

train dispatcher; trainmaster; yardmaster (a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard)