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railroad engineer
DEFINITIONS OF:
railroad engineer
1
n
the operator of a railway locomotive
Synonyms:
engine driver
,
engineer
,
locomotive engineer
Examples:
John Luther Jones
United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
Type of:
manipulator
,
operator
an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
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