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engine driver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛndʒɪn ˌdɹaɪvə(ɹ)/

Meanings

1. (UK, dated) The person who drives the engine of a train.
   • In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: "For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding." 2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35:
   • Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway. 1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62:

Forms

Synonyms

railroad engineer · train driver · engineer · locomotive engineer · train operator

Translations (38)

ja 機関士 (person who drives the engine of a train) · sv lokförare (person who drives the engine of a train) · be машыні́ст (person who drives the engine of a train) · pt maquinista (person who drives the engine of a train) · ru машини́ст (person who drives the engine of a train) · bg машини́ст (person who drives the engine of a train) · sv tågförare (person who drives the engine of a train) · uk машині́ст (person who drives the engine of a train) · sk strojvodič (person who drives the engine of a train) · cs strojvůdce (person who drives the engine of a train) · ia machinista (person who drives the engine of a train) · de Lokomotivführer (person who drives the engine of a train) · da togfører (person who drives the engine of a train) · ko 기관사 (person who drives the engine of a train) · mk машиново́зач (person who drives the engine of a train) · es maquinista (person who drives the engine of a train) · fi veturinkuljettaja (person who drives the engine of a train) · fr machiniste (person who drives the engine of a train) · sk rušňovodič (person who drives the engine of a train) · hu mozdonyvezető (person who drives the engine of a train) · izh mašinista (person who drives the engine of a train) · es conductor ferroviario/ferrovial/ferrocarrilero (person who drives the engine of a train) · sk strojvodca (person who drives the engine of a train) · hu masiniszta (person who drives the engine of a train) · sk mašinista (person who drives the engine of a train) · hsb lokomotiwnik (person who drives the engine of a train) · nl machinist (person who drives the engine of a train) · pl maszynistka (person who drives the engine of a train) · cmn 火車司機 /火车司机 (person who drives the engine of a train) · nb lokomotivfører (person who drives the engine of a train) · de Lokführer (person who drives the engine of a train) · nb togfører (person who drives the engine of a train) · el αμαξάς (person who drives the engine of a train) · da lokomotivfører (person who drives the engine of a train) · cmn 列車駕駛 /列车驾驶 (person who drives the engine of a train) · de Triebfahrzeugführer (person who drives the engine of a train) · sk rušňovodička (person who drives the engine of a train) · pl maszynista (person who drives the engine of a train)