"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: strojvůdce [masculine] (Czech), machinist [masculine] (Dutch), veturinkuljettaja (Finnish), machiniste [masculine] (French), Lokomotivführer [masculine] (German), αμαξάς (amaxás) [masculine] (Greek), mozdonyvezető (Hungarian), masiniszta (english: folksy) [dated] (Hungarian), machinista (Interlingua), maszynista [masculine] (Polish), maquinista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), lokförare [common-gender] (Swedish)

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