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trackman
[ trak-muhn ]
noun
, plural track·men.
- a person who assists in inspecting, installing, or maintaining railroad tracks.
- a trackwalker.
trackman
/ ˈtrækmən /
noun
- a workman who lays and maintains railway track Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)platelayer
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Gender Note
See -man.
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Example Sentences
For nearly 30 years he had been identified with the railroad service filling positions from trackman to general superintendent.
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"But we see it spread, Miss Warfield," said the trackman with a conclusive gesture.
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He is a good trackman—and with the labor market as it stands today, drained to the bottom, it is a pity there are not more of him.
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Why should the locomotive engineer receive more than the trackman?
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We were an excited group around the train's crew, when the trackman came up with his torch.
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