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motorman

[ moh-ter-muhn ]

noun

plural motormen.
  1. a person who operates or drives an electrically operated vehicle, as a streetcar or subway train.
  2. a person who operates a motor.


motorman

/ ˈəʊəə /

noun

  1. the driver of an electric train
  2. the operator of a motor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Gender Note

See -man.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of motorman1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; motor + -man
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Example Sentences

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That train’s motorman was found at fault for alcohol intoxication and served 10 years in prison for manslaughter.

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The conductor and motorman, not yet aboard, ran to catch the car, but its fender knocked Rene down, and she was seriously injured.

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Her husband Milton Deoth has been a sailor for over two decades and works as a motorman on MT Heroic Idun.

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At the time, he was earning about $31.30 an hour as a motorman.

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Born in New York less than a mile from Broadway, McCann’s father was a subway motorman and her mother was a housewife.

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