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Definition of Brakeman
1. Noun. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes.
Definition of Brakeman
1. n. A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
Definition of Brakeman
1. Noun. (American English) A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brakeman
1. a trainman [n BRAKEMEN] - See also: trainman
Medical Definition of Brakeman
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1. A man in charge of a brake or brakes.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brakeman
Literary usage of Brakeman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by Vermont Public Service Commission (1882)
"Frank Chase, brakeman, jumping on engine; leg cut off. CH Rochester, brakeman
... EW Church, brakeman, knocked off train; shoulder and ribs broken. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"326, 141 NW 300; —$22500—railroad brakeman, 24 years of age—earning capacity ...
522; —$20.000—brakeman on passenger tram —incapacitated from performing ..."
3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"brakeman at switch and engineer are fellow Foreman in machine shop and boy
apprentice- not ... brakeman killed by (riving away of handhold, company liable. ..."
4. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1907)
"brakeman assumed risks of weather conditions. Martin v. ... brakeman did not
assume, as matter of law, risk of injury by being struck by crossing gate, ..."
5. The Railroad Trainman by Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (1890)
"brakeman J. TURNER was killed on the Georgia Pacific road at Pell City, Ga., ...
31, brakeman W. Baxter of the Missouri Pacific, was run over and killed. ..."
6. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"The plaintiff, a brakeman in defendant's employ, jumped upon a moving train, ...
A brakeman on one train of a railroad company is the fellow- servant of the ..."
7. The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas Curtis Clarke (1889)
"The Typical Railroad Man—On the Road and at Home—Raising the Moral Standard-
Characteristics of the Freight brakeman—His Wit the Result of Meditation—How ..."
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