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Definition of Engine driver
1. Noun. The operator of a railway locomotive.
Generic synonyms: Manipulator, Operator
Specialized synonyms: Casey Jones, John Luther Jones, Jones
Derivative terms: Engine, Engine
Definition of Engine driver
1. Noun. The person who drives the engine of a train. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engine Driver
Literary usage of Engine driver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances by Thomas Curtis Clarke (1889)
"... the Air brake Works—The Electric Brake—Improvements yet to be Made—Engine
Driver Brakes—Two Classes of Signals : those which Protect Points of Danger, ..."
2. Prairie Farming in America: With Notes by the Way on Canada and the United by James Caird (1859)
"Shelter for engine driver.—Illinois.—• Extent of the rich Valley of Investments.
— Development too rapid. — Encouraged by high Prices of Agricultural ..."
3. Life and Labour in the Far, Far West: Being Notes of a Tour in the Western by William Henry Barneby (1884)
"... Discussion, and Decision —Hell's Gate—Boston Bars—Gold-dust—Back at Yale—A
Tricky Engine-driver—Hotels in British Columbia—Agriculture and Labour in ..."
4. Our Railways: Their Origin, Development, Incident and Romance by John Pendleton (1896)
"Aristocratic Engine-drivers—Absence of Mind on the Footplate—Perils and Escapes—An
Express in Collision—How an Engine-driver is Trained —Curious Rides on ..."
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