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STATIONMASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stationmaster mean?
• STATIONMASTER (noun)
The noun STATIONMASTER has 1 sense:
1. the person in charge of a railway station
Familiarity information: STATIONMASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The person in charge of a railway station
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
station agent; stationmaster
Hypernyms ("stationmaster" is a kind of...):
master (directs the work of others)
Context examples
“It’s a terrible business,” said the stationmaster.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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