trainman

trainman
/trayn"meuhn/, n., pl. trainmen.
a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman.
[1635-45, in sense "member of a trainband"; 1875-80 for current sense; TRAIN + -MAN]

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