"brakeman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-brakeman.wav [US] Forms: brakemen [plural]
Etymology: brake + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brake|man}} brake + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|brakemen}} brakeman (plural brakemen)
  1. (US, rail transport) A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc. Tags: US Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (railroad employee): brzdař [masculine] (Czech), Bremser [masculine] (German), guarda-freio [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-brakeman-en-noun-c-IDFZTW Categories (other): American English Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'railroad employee': 68 14 17
  2. (mining, historical) A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-brakeman-en-noun-0sMMszeU Topics: business, mining
  3. (sports) A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh. Categories (topical): Sports, People
    Sense id: en-brakeman-en-noun-GgVwkrMn Disambiguation of People: 30 1 69 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -man Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 16 51 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 14 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 14 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 31 15 55 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: brakesman Related terms: brakewoman

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