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MOTORMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does motorman mean?
• MOTORMAN (noun)
The noun MOTORMAN has 1 sense:
1. the operator of streetcar
Familiarity information: MOTORMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The operator of streetcar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("motorman" is a kind of...):
manipulator; operator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine)
Context examples
They did not connect the couple with Jimmy, who sprang on the steps, crying to the motorman: Slam on the juice, old man, and beat it outa here!
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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