railwayman

Definitions

A man who works on a railway.

Equivalents

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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