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towerman

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tow⋅er⋅man

[tou-er-muhn]
–noun, plural -men.
1. Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
2. Aviation. an air-traffic controller.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; tower 1 + -man
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