"trackman" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From track + -man.",
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      "form": "trackmen",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 November 17, “Network News: Drone success could slash NR track inspection costs”, in RAIL, number 944, page 24:",
          "text": "Drones and helicopters have been in common use by Network Rail for some time, and are a far cry from the days when all inspections were carried out by trackmen reaching remote sites on foot.",
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        "A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation."
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          "rail transport",
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          "railway",
          "railway"
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          "employee",
          "employee"
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        [
          "permanent way",
          "permanent way"
        ],
        [
          "installation",
          "installation"
        ]
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        "(US, rail transport) A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "trackperson"
        },
        {
          "word": "trackwoman"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "platelayer"
        }
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        "US"
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      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
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  "word": "trackman"
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  "etymology_text": "From track + -man.",
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      "word": "trackperson"
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          "ref": "2021 November 17, “Network News: Drone success could slash NR track inspection costs”, in RAIL, number 944, page 24:",
          "text": "Drones and helicopters have been in common use by Network Rail for some time, and are a far cry from the days when all inspections were carried out by trackmen reaching remote sites on foot.",
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        "A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation."
      ],
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        "(US, rail transport) A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation."
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  "word": "trackman"
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