"railwayman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-railwayman.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-railwayman.wav Forms: railwaymen [plural]
Etymology: From railway + -man. Etymology templates: {{af|en|railway|-man}} railway + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|railwaymen}} railwayman (plural railwaymen)
  1. A man who works on a railway. Categories (topical): Occupations, Rail transportation Synonyms: railman Translations (man who works on a railway): железничар (železničar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), carrilaire [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), ferroviari [masculine] (Catalan), spoorwegman [masculine] (Dutch), rautatieläinen (Finnish), cheminot [masculine] (French), ferovîr [masculine] (Friulian), Eisenbahner [masculine] (German), ख़लासी (xalāsī) (Hindi), vasutas (Hungarian), ferroviere [masculine] (Italian), теміржолшы (temırjolşy) (Kazakh), dzelzceļnieks [masculine] (Latvian), железничар (železničar) (Macedonian), железничарка (železničarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), ferovié [masculine] (Piedmontese), kolejarz [masculine] (Polish), feroviar [masculine] (Romanian), feroviară [feminine] (Romanian), железнодоро́жник (železnodoróžnik) [masculine] (Russian), ferroviario [masculine] (Spanish), ferroviaria [feminine] (Spanish), залізни́чник (zaliznýčnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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