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points⋅man

  [points-muhn]
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–noun, plural -men. British.
1. a railway switchman.
2. a police officer who directs traffic, as at an intersection.
Origin:
1840–50; point + -s 3 + man 1
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pointsman

noun
a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic 
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