engineman

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engineman

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From engine + -man.

noun enginemen

dated A man who operates, manages, and maintains an engine. The engineman having only to turn two cocks, so as to connect the steam with the one or the other vessel."
dated A locomotive engineer; (sometimes) any footplateman. As an aid to this end, and that the railroad companies may derive the highest efficiency from the man employed as a locomotive engineman, a code of questions is given him, and it is expected that the preparation necessary to correctly answer the questions will indicate how well he has progressed.
dated A navy sailor who operates, manages, and maintains engines and various other shipboard equipment (such as one with the United States Navy EN occupational rating).

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@misc{engineman_2026,
  title = {engineman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/engineman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}