motorman

noun

mo·​tor·​man ˈmō-tər-mən How to pronounce motorman (audio)
: an operator of a motor-driven vehicle (such as a streetcar or subway train)

Examples of motorman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Then one day at the train yard, Pop was lying underneath a subway car, repairing a break, when a motorman turned the engine on and began to drive the train forward, dragging Pop along with it. Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024 Two months later, the NYPD dispatched its first drones to look for surfers and warn motormen to stop their trains. Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024 The motorman stopped the train and investigated, finding an unidentified man under the train. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024 Summer Street Trolley Tragedy When a motorman failed to see the warning lights on the Summer Street Bridge, a car of the Boston Elevated railway plunged into Fort Point Channel, killing 47 people. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022 The next morning, the motorman went out to find food for them; a nearby bakery and drugstore provided coffee and doughnuts. Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2022 Catonsville Rails to Trails is set to complete a restoration project of a mural depicting the No. 8 Streetcar Path that includes the addition of Berley Roberts Sr., one of the first African American motorman in Baltimore. Cameron Goodnight, baltimoresun.com, 20 Oct. 2021 Her father was a subway motorman, her mother a homemaker. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021 The 36-year-old motorman was found on the tracks and pronounced dead at Mount Sinai hospital, CBS News New York reports. Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of motorman was in 1889

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“Motorman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motorman. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

motorman

noun
mo·​tor·​man ˈmōt-ər-mən How to pronounce motorman (audio)
: an operator of a motor-driven vehicle (as a streetcar or a subway train)
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