crossing keeper en · NOUN
Meanings
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A member of railway staff who looks after a level crossing.
All these level crossings have hand-operated gates, and are manned by crossing-keepers.
1951 September, B. D. J. Walsh, “The Sudbury and Haverhill Line, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 619:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crossing keepers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |