brakeman
Meanings
noun
- A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
- A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.
- A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.
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Etymology
From brake + -man.
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