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trainmaster
[ treyn-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]
noun
- a person who has charge of operations over one portion of a railroad.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of trainmaster1
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Example Sentences
When necessary, an additional trainmaster is appointed for the previous outside duties of the assistant superintendent.
The sight of these women so excited our curiosity that the trainmaster called a halt until they passed us.
After the war he re-entered railway work, and was trainmaster and later general superintendent.
If the flagman does not tell the official to go to h——, the trainmaster probably will.
Human nature is such that the trainmaster, stung by an implied reflection, constitutes himself attorney for the defense.
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