Associations to the word «Brakeman»

Wiktionary

BRAKEMAN, noun. (US) A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc
BRAKEMAN, noun. A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh

Dictionary definition

BRAKEMAN, noun. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats