Meaning of railwayman | Babel Free

Definitions

A man who works on a railway.

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Examples

“The spirit of the local railwaymen in this emergency is shown by the Helensburgh fireman who heard the news at 8 a.m. on his radio and immediately went to the depot of his own accord to see what help he could give.”

“Nizan was, of course, Marxist and he did use his Marxist intelligence—although, thank God, never the jargon—to show the [economic] and emotional cost of the life of Antoine Bloye, a [working‐class] railwayman who made the painful rise to become a railway functionary and a member of the petit bourgeoisie.”

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