"handsignalman" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From hand + signalman.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "handsignalmen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Laindon”, in Trains Illustrated, page 717",
          "text": "The 12.25 train travelled without incident over the single line and the pilotman saw the Vange handsignalman's green flag from about ½ mile away.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, in Modern Railways, page 274",
          "text": "[...] 1. Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who gives a signal by hand, in particular on a railway."
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hand signalman"
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  "word": "handsignalman"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hand + signalman.",
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    {
      "form": "handsignalmen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Derailment near Laindon”, in Trains Illustrated, page 717",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, in Modern Railways, page 274",
          "text": "[...] 1. Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.",
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        "A person who gives a signal by hand, in particular on a railway."
      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hand signalman"
    }
  ],
  "word": "handsignalman"
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