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SWITCHMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does switchman mean?
• SWITCHMAN (noun)
The noun SWITCHMAN has 1 sense:
1. a man who operates railroad switches
Familiarity information: SWITCHMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who operates railroad switches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("switchman" is a kind of...):
manipulator; operator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine)
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