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TRAINMASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trainmaster mean?
• TRAINMASTER (noun)
The noun TRAINMASTER has 1 sense:
1. a railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
Familiarity information: TRAINMASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A railroad employer who is in charge of a railway yard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
train dispatcher; trainmaster; yardmaster
Hypernyms ("trainmaster" is a kind of...):
dispatcher (employee of a transportation company who controls the departures of vehicles according to weather conditions and in the interest of efficient service)
railroad man; railroader; railway man; railwayman; trainman (an employee of a railroad)
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