Meanings
nounMeyer locomotive (plural Meyer locomotives)
plural Meyer locomotives
- historicalA kind of articulated locomotive of the 19th century.
Origin
Named after Jean-Jacques Meyer (1804-1877), who took out a patent on the design in 1861.
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Meyer locomotive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meyer%20locomotive
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“Meyer locomotive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meyer%20locomotive. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Meyer locomotive,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meyer%20locomotive.
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