Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person engaged in the management or operation of a railroad or railroads; one employed in or about the running of railroad-trains or the general business of a railroad.
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- noun One who works for a
railroad company. - noun One who
railroads people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an employee of a railroad
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pop was also a railroader which may have had something to do with the TO's decision, I'll never know!
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Ironically, his father doesn't want him to be a railroader.
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Fortunately, as a model railroader, I had an answer.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Science Project Idea: Electro-Magnetic Propulsion 2009
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It was a logical present given that I have always been a model railroader myself, though with smaller scale trains (HO and now N) and a different approach (for example, I fabricated my own track rather than buying it).
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It was a logical present given that I have always been a model railroader myself, though with smaller scale trains (HO and now N) and a different approach (for example, I fabricated my own track rather than buying it).
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I never expected him to be a model railroader, especially modeling US prototypes.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Coolest Stuff I Have Worked With In A While 2009
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Ironically, his father doesn't want him to be a railroader.
Archive 2009-04-01 Tarie 2009
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As a fellow model railroader I am into O guage and when my father passed away I inherited his collection.
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"How the heck did you find my little boy on this big beach?" asked Alex's grandpa, a retired Illinois railroader.
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He had been a soldier, a railroader, a state archivist, a union organizer, founder of a homeless shelter and homeless himself.
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