English Explanatory Dictionary

Latchman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. A person employed to run in front of a locomotive and open the latch to turn it into a siding for trams to pass.

Word forms

Latchman Latchmans latchmen

Etymology

latch + -man

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