railwaymanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈɹeɪlweɪmən/

名詞

railwayman (plural railwaymen)

1. A man who works on a railway.

   Synonym: railman

   Coordinate terms: railwaywoman, railworker

   • 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:

     The spirit of the local railwaymen in this emergency is shown by the Helensburgh fireman who heard the news at 8 a.m. on his radio and immediately went to the depot of his own accord to see what help he could give.

   • 1973 June 24, Barbara Probst Solomon, “The author's subject is his rage and fear”, in The New York Times‎:

     Nizan was, of course, Marxist and he did use his Marxist intelligence—although, thank God, never the jargon—to show the [economic] and emotional cost of the life of Antoine Bloye, a [working‐class] railwayman who made the painful rise to become a railway functionary and a member of the petit bourgeoisie.

反意語

• non-railwayman