Signalman

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In lumbering, one who transmits orders from the foreman of a yarding-crew to the engineer of the yarding-donkey.
  • noun. One whose duty it is to convey intelligence, notice, warning, or the like by means of signals; a signaler; in nautical or military service, one who makes signals and reads or interprets the signals received; an expert in signals.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
  • noun. A member of the armed forces responsible for signalling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard
  • Word Usage
    "In total, he called the signalman three times requesting help, and another London Underground member of staff, Dave Matthews, had called once, but the line was cut off."
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    signaller