"signalman" meaning in English

See signalman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪɡnəl.mən/ Forms: signalmen [plural]
Etymology: signal + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|signal|man}} signal + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|signalmen}} signalman (plural signalmen)
  1. Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway. Categories (topical): People, Rail transportation Translations (railway employee): signalista [masculine] (Czech), junasuorittaja (Finnish), scambista [masculine] (Italian), sinaleiro [masculine] (Portuguese), semnalizator [masculine] (Romanian), tågklarerare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-signalman-en-noun-lPEuY58k Disambiguation of People: 47 8 45 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 37 43 21 Disambiguation of 'railway employee': 100 0 0
  2. A member of the armed forces responsible for signalling. Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (armed forces employee): viestimies (Finnish), קשר (kashár) [masculine] (Hebrew)
    Sense id: en-signalman-en-noun-Gy7zLmuf Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 37 43 21 Disambiguation of 'armed forces employee': 4 93 4
  3. Somebody employed to direct rigging or crane operations by providing a different point of view. Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-signalman-en-noun-DWpUznfF Disambiguation of Occupations: 30 12 59 Disambiguation of People: 47 8 45 Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 37 43 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 18 24 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 17 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 22 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 15 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 14 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 18 16 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 15 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 18 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 14 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 13 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: signaller Derived forms: handsignalman, hand signalman Related terms: signalwoman

Inflected forms

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