"engine driver" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: engine drivers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} engine driver (plural engine drivers)
  1. (British, dated) The person who drives the engine of a train. Wikipedia link: en:engine driver Tags: British, dated Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: engineer [US], railroad engineer, locomotive engineer, train driver, train operator Translations (person who drives the engine of a train): машыні́ст (mašyníst) [masculine] (Belarusian), машини́ст (mašiníst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 列車駕駛 /列车驾驶 (lièchē jiàshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 火車司機 /火车司机 (huǒchē sījī) [colloquial] (Chinese Mandarin), strojvůdce [masculine] (Czech), lokomotivfører [common-gender] (Danish), togfører [common-gender] (Danish), machinist [masculine] (Dutch), veturinkuljettaja (Finnish), machiniste [masculine] (French), Lokomotivführer [masculine] (German), Triebfahrzeugführer [masculine] (German), Lokführer [masculine] (German), αμαξάς (amaxás) [masculine] (Greek), mozdonyvezető (Hungarian), masiniszta (english: folksy) [dated] (Hungarian), mašinista (Ingrian), machinista (Interlingua), 機関士 (kikansh) (alt: きかんし) (Japanese), 기관사 (gigwansa) (alt: 機關士) (Korean), lokomotivfører [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), togfører [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), maszynista [masculine] (Polish), maquinista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), машини́ст (mašiníst) (note: no feminine form exists) [masculine] (Russian), rušňovodič [masculine] (Slovak), strojvodič [masculine] (Slovak), strojvodca [masculine] (Slovak), rušňovodička [feminine] (Slovak), mašinista [colloquial, masculine] (Slovak), lokförare [common-gender] (Swedish), tågförare [common-gender] (Swedish), машині́ст (mašyníst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), lokomotiwnik [masculine] (Upper Sorbian)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gigwansa",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "word": "기관사"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lokomotivfører"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "togfører"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maszynista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maquinista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "no feminine form exists",
      "roman": "mašiníst",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "машини́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rušňovodič"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strojvodič"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strojvodca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rušňovodička"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mašinista"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lokomotiwnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lokförare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tågförare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mašyníst",
      "sense": "person who drives the engine of a train",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "машині́ст"
    }
  ],
  "word": "engine driver"
}

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