Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brakeman

/bɹˈeɪkmən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: brake-man
IPA: /bɹˈeɪkmən/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.

American usage

noun

A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.

noun

A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.

Example Sentences

"Cavendish was clearly an extraordinary man, fortunate enough to be born to a family of extraordinary means. If his father had been a brakeman or a miner, one of the greatest scientists in history might have ended up on a ward at the Bethlem Royal Hospital (commonly known as “Bedlam”), enduring the regimen of cold baths in vogue for the treatment of “withdrawn” patients at the time."

Etymology

Etymology tree English brake Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English brakeman From brake + -man.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

brakemen (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

brakewoman

Synonyms

brakesman

Rhymes With

aikman wakeman blakeman lakeman

Questions

How do you pronounce brakeman?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹˈeɪkmən/.
What does brakeman mean?: A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
Where does brakeman come from?: Etymology tree English brake Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English brakeman From brake + -man.

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