pilotman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g. during maintenance work, or within an unsignalled area or over a line unfamiliar to the engine crew.

Word forms

pilotman pilotmen

Etymology

From pilot + -man.

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