Motorman
['məʊtəmæn] or ['motɚmən]
Definition
(n.) A man who controls a motor.
Typed by Geraldine
Examples
- Like the boxes, this coil was in series with the armature, and subject to plugging in and out at will by the motorman. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- As we got on board I saw the motorman and conductor coming out of the station wine-shop. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I hope your passenger behaved himself and did not talk to the motorman. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A switch in the armature circuit enabled the motorman to reverse the direction of travel by reversing the current flow through the armature coils. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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