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Brakeman
Brakeman meaning
A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc. | A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine. | A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.
Synonyms of Brakeman
Example sentences (7)
Fourteen people were killed, including both engineers, two firemen, a brakeman, a conductor, and several passengers.
I started as a brakeman and moved up the ranks.
It took Kripps’ brakeman Kopacz even longer to realize the strange contradiction — that they’d tied, and yet they’d also won.
Today, the bobsled team will begin their chase for medals at the Sliding Center in PyeonChang, with Adigun leading the crusade as the driver, with Omeoga giving the needed support as brakeman.
A crew is made up of a pilot, a brakeman, and, only in 4-man heats, two pushers.
Fusee An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad brakeman uses a fusee to demonstrate a hand signal indicating "stop".
The pilot does most of the steering, and the brakeman stops the sled after crossing the finish by pulling the sled's brake lever.