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/ˈsɪɡnəl.mən/ · noun
Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway..
With extra traffic, numerous boat trains to and from Southampton Docks, and working of empty stock, his job, like that of most signalmen, is no sinecure.
The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred.
As he passed though the station, he slowed to yell to the signalman, Frank 'Sailor' Bridges: "Sailor - have you anything between here and Fordham? Where's the mail?" Gimbert knew the mail train was due, and he didn't want to endanger another train with his burning bomb wagon.
Use signalman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Signalman means Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway..
Common synonyms include signaller.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
With extra traffic, numerous boat trains to and from Southampton Docks, and working of empty stock, his job, like that of most signalmen, is no sinecure.
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