brakeman.
A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English brake Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English brakeman From brake + -man.
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