Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

engine driver

/ˈɛndʒɪn ˌdɹaɪvə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: en-gine -driv-er
IPA: /ˈɛndʒɪn ˌdɹaɪvə(ɹ)/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The person who drives the engine of a train.

British usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway."
"In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: "For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding.""

Usage

British usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

engine drivers (plural)

Synonyms

engineer railroad engineer locomotive engineer train driver train operator

Questions

How do you pronounce engine driver?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛndʒɪn ˌdɹaɪvə(ɹ)/.
What does engine driver mean?: The person who drives the engine of a train.

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