Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

railman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rail-man
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who works on a railway.

Example Sentences

""The railman on the platform, whom I knew well, looked a bit bemused and asked what I was doing. Thinking it a silly question, I said something along the lines of 'what do you think? I'm going home to bed'. "He then said 'but you don't live here anymore'."
"There was also a belief that they had been taken advantage of - "kicked from pillar to post, the bottom dogs in the labour market because of the inherent love of railmen for their jobs", according to one NUR member."

Etymology

From rail + -man.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rail

Inflected Forms

railmen (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

railwoman railworker

Synonyms

railwayman

Questions

What does railman mean?: A man who works on a railway.
Where does railman come from?: From rail + -man.

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