"numbertaker" meaning in All languages combined

See numbertaker on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: numbertakers [plural]
Etymology: From number + taker, or number + take + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|number|taker}} number + taker, {{af|en|number|take|-er}} number + take + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} numbertaker (plural numbertakers)
  1. A person employed to note down numbers, in particular on railways where fleet numbers of wagons were recorded.

Inflected forms

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