English Explanatory Dictionary

shunter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching).
  2. A person who carries out shunting operations.
  3. One who shunts (carries on arbitrage between London and provincial stock exchanges).

Word forms

shunter shunters

Etymology

From shunt + -er.

Synonyms

shunting engine switcher switch engine switchman hostler yard jockey

Derived words

cocoa shunter mutton shunter undershunter
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