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PRONUNCIATION OF RAILMAN

railman  [ˈreɪlmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAILMAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Railman is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAILMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of railman in the English dictionary

The definition of railman in the dictionary is a male railway employee.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAILMAN


billman
ˈbɪlmən
Coleman
ˈkəʊlmən
councilman
ˈkaʊnsəlmən
dolman
ˈdɒlmən
Edelman
ˈɛdəlmən
gentleman
ˈdʒɛntəlmən
gentlemen
ˈdʒɛntlmən
Hellman
ˈhɛlmən
Ilmen
ˈɪlmən
isleman
ˈaɪlmən
missileman
ˈmɪsaɪlmən
oilman
ˈɔɪlmən
Perlman
ˈpɜːlmən
Pullman
ˈpʊlmən
quillman
ˈkwɪlmən
stillman
ˈstɪlmən
tollman
ˈtəʊlmən
toolman
ˈtuːlmən
whaleman
ˈweɪlmən
woolman
ˈwʊlmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAILMAN

railcar
railcard
railer
railhead
railing
railingly
railings
railleries
raillery
railless
railroad
railroad car
railroad line
railroad station
railroad track
railroader
railway
railway bridge
railway carriage
railway crossing

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAILMAN

bushelman
city councilman
coalman
foot patrolman
gavelman
hotelman
keelman
mailman
Mussalman
Mussulman
patrolman
Perelman
ranzelman
schoolman
signalman
stallman
steelman

Synonyms and antonyms of railman in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «railman» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAILMAN

Find out the translation of railman to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of railman from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «railman» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

railman
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Railman
570 millions of speakers

English

railman
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

railman
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

railman
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

railman
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Railman
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

railman
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Railman
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kereta api
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

railman
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

railman
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

railman
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Railman
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

railman
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

railman
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेलमन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

railman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Railman
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

railman
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

railman
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

railman
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

railman
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

railman
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

railman
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

railman
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of railman

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILMAN»

The term «railman» is normally little used and occupies the 127.026 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAILMAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «railman» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «railman» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about railman

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAILMAN»

Discover the use of railman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to railman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Longarm and the Crooked Railman
U.S. Marshall Long braves a Rocky Mountain blizzard, a deadly avalanche, a crazed killer, and murder to track down and arrest railman Walter Tomlin for mail theft
Tabor Evans, 1986
2
Cyberville: Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Town
Take Railman (not his real pseudonym), who was going to sue me by the way. I' ve received this threat so many times I was going to include a chapter called People Who Have Threatened to Sue Me. Another common characteristic of people ...
Stacy Horn, 2010
3
The Secret
But from the far end a railman was running towards them and, worse, the guard had seen the children tumbling out. With a screech of brakes, the train shuddered to a halt. 'Get up!' said Nicky, yanking Roy to his feet. Her knee hurt so much she  ...
Ruth Thomas, 2012
4
Saving Human Lives: Lessons in Management Ethics
32 After a burning tissue was reported by a passenger to Leading Railman Brickell, he extinguished it himself. He did act properly in accordance with the rule book. One may still ask whether or not he could have exercised more initiative on his ...
Robert Elliott Allinson, 2006
5
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
If the brain in the vat chooses the left side of the track, the trolley will definitely hit and kill another railman, Leftie, and will hit and destroy ten beating hearts on the track that would have been transplanted into ten patients at the local hospital ...
Jordan B. Peterson, 2002
6
Master Passions: Emotion, Narrative, and the Development of ...
If the brain in a vat chooses the left side of the track, the trolley will definitely hit and kill another railman, Leftie, and will hit and destroy ten beating hearts on the track that would have been transplanted into ten patients at the local hospital who  ...
Moldoveanu
7
Lloyd's List Law Reports
He worked in conjunction with the railman, and his view of the railman, to whom it was his duty to look for signals, was not good. It was partially impeded by deck cargo about 3 ft. 6 in. to 4 ft. high, and there was an additional difficulty — and ...
J. A Edwards, Henry Patten Henley, 1954
8
Special Bulletins
Laborer Laborer . Laborer . Laborer. . ♢Laborer. Laborer . Laborer. Laborer . Laborer . Laborer. . Railman . Railman Section laborer . . ♢Section laborer . Section laborer. . land i ground. Died Killed by fall from Injured by fall fr< later from injuries.
New York (State). Dept. of Labor, 1915
9
Bulletin - American Railway Engineering Association
1 Tongman on ground. 1 Railman in car guiding rail. 1 Railman on ground guiding rail. 2 Ropemen, one working on each side to pull boom. This machine requires no engineer, or fireman, as on a steam ditcher, locomotive crane or derrick car.
American Railway Engineering Association, 1922
10
Steampunk
What can the railman say, or the stoker? He's moved cars around the yard, shoveled how many piles of fuel? Necessary jobs, honest work to be sure, but Iwonder: for the railman, for the stoker, where's the satisfaction in it? Or perhaps they ...
Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAILMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term railman is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Asbestosis railman gets £50000 pay-out
A FORMER Swindon railway worker has received a £50,000 payout after his health took a turn for the worse because of long-term asbestos exposure. «Swindon Advertiser, Jan 15»
2
Hell on Wheels "Thirteen Steps" Review: The Whole Ruth and …
So as all things pertain to Cullen in this town, it was up to the railman to talk her out of it, or at least to keep her company during what had to be the world's ... «TV.com, Nov 14»
3
Railman, naked bishop and U-boat
Southland's greatest steam locomotive engineer was Oliver Bulleid, born in Invercargill on September 19, 1882. At age 7 he moved to Britain and eventually ... «Southland Times, Sep 14»
4
Doug Liman Headed Into Space For Railman; Plus New Edge Of …
THR reports that Doug Liman is in negotiations to direct Railman, based on an upcoming novel by Philip Reeve. The plot concerns a future where we take trains ... «Cinema Blend, Apr 14»
5
50 years service for railwayman Colin Fields from Lincoln
“Joining as a messenger boy in Lincoln Central station, I progressed to parcel porter and eventually becoming a senior railman. “In those days I was a day relief ... «Lincolnshire Echo, Apr 14»
6
Metro-North Railroad Worker Killed by Train in Manhattan
Mr. Romansoff worked as a third railman, specializing in the electrical system that powers the railroad, according to Arthur Davidson, general chairman for the ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 14»
7
'I conduct weddings on trains'
I started out in June 1978 at the tender age of 19 as what, in those days, was called a railman, essentially a porter. Then I rose to be leading railman, senior ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
8
BYGONES: Derby railman Reg served on armoured trains in the …
Neil Johnson, a former Derbeian who now lives in Scotland, tells the story of former Littleover railman Reg Poxon's service on armoured trains during the ... «Derby Telegraph, Dec 13»
9
Tragic Doncaster railman in wrong spot
Tragic Doncaster railman in wrong spot. Sykes Lane at Saxilby where a rail worker was killed last week G121211-2c. 15:57 Wednesday 30 October 2013. 0. «The Star, Oct 13»
10
Braveheart railman awaits recognition
KOLKATA: Alok Kumar Roy still feels the pain at the base of his spine. His daughter hasn't yet overcome the trauma she suffered four years ago and every time ... «Times of India, Sep 13»

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