Definitions of railroad engineer
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the operator of a railway locomotive
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synonyms:
engine driver, engineer, locomotive engineer
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examples:
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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)
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type of:
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manipulator, operator
an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
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John Luther Jones
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