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railwaywoman en · NOUN

Etymology

From railway + woman.

Meanings

1. A woman who works on a railway.
   • Some 100,000 railwaymen have been released to join the fighting forces, 90,000 are training as Home Guards in addition to their railway work, 170,000 members of the railway staffs have been fully trained in A.R.P. duties, and 100,000 railwaywomen are now employed. 1943 March-April, John R. Hind, “The British Railways at War”, in Railway Magazine, page 95:

Forms

Synonyms

railwoman

Translations (5)

mk железничарка (woman who works on a railway — see also railwayman) · ro feroviară (woman who works on a railway — see also railwayman) · uk залізни́чниця (woman who works on a railway — see also railwayman) · be чыгу́начніца (woman who works on a railway — see also railwayman) · es ferroviaria (woman who works on a railway — see also railwayman)