Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

signalwoman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sig-nal-wom-an
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.

Example Sentences

"The two signalwomen at Highworth and the two signalmen at Kingsdown Road have now little to do, but it is planned to retain only Kingsdown as an exchange point, and revert to "one engine" working between there and Highworth."

Etymology

Etymology tree English signal Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English signalwoman From signal + -woman.

Inflected Forms

signalwomen (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

signalman

Questions

What does signalwoman mean?: A woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
Where does signalwoman come from?: Etymology tree English signal Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English signalwoman From signal + -woman.

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