engine driver

/ˈɛndʒɪn ˌdɹaɪvə(ɹ)/

noun

The person who drives the engine of a train.

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engineerrailroad engineerlocomotive engineertrain drivertrain operator
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Meanings

nounengine driver (plural engine drivers)

plural engine drivers

  1. UKdatedThe person who drives the engine of a train.
    2 more examples

    Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway.

    1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62

    In 1914, the Hendon and Finchley Times published a piece titled 'People who have no Christmas'. An engine-driver's comment was this: "For many years now I have never enjoyed a real Christmas. My engine has claimed me on this day, and my only regret is that I am not attached to a slow goods train, so that I could snatch time to eat some plum-pudding."

    2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35

    Synonyms: engineer, railroad engineer, locomotive engineer, train driver, train operator

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe person who drives the engine of a train.

Similar
engineerrailroad engineerlocomotive engineertrain drivertrain operator

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe operator of a railway locomotive

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engineerlocomotive engineerrailroad engineer
Broader
operatormanipulator
Also see
engineerlocomotive engineerrailroad engineer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian машини́ст
  • машини́ст (mašiníst)person who drives the engine of a train
Chinese Mandarin 列車駕駛 /列车驾驶, 火車司機 /火车司机
  • 列車駕駛 /列车驾驶 (lièchē jiàshǐ)person who drives the engine of a train
  • 火車司機 /火车司机 (huǒchē sījī)person who drives the engine of a train
Czech strojvůdce
  • strojvůdceperson who drives the engine of a train
Danish lokomotivfører, togfører
  • lokomotivførerperson who drives the engine of a train
  • togførerperson who drives the engine of a train
Dutch machinist
  • machinistperson who drives the engine of a train
Finnish veturinkuljettaja
  • veturinkuljettajaperson who drives the engine of a train
French machiniste
  • machinisteperson who drives the engine of a train
German Lokomotivführer, Triebfahrzeugführer
  • Lokomotivführerperson who drives the engine of a train
  • Triebfahrzeugführerperson who drives the engine of a train
  • Lokführerperson who drives the engine of a train
Greek αμαξάς
  • αμαξάς (amaxás)person who drives the engine of a train
Hungarian mozdonyvezető, masiniszta
  • mozdonyvezetőperson who drives the engine of a train
  • masinisztaperson who drives the engine of a train
Japanese 機関士
  • 機関士 (kikansh)person who drives the engine of a train
Korean 기관사
  • 기관사 (gigwansa)person who drives the engine of a train
Norwegian Bokmål lokomotivfører, togfører
  • lokomotivførerperson who drives the engine of a train
  • togførerperson who drives the engine of a train
Polish maszynista, maszynistka
  • maszynistaperson who drives the engine of a train
  • maszynistkaperson who drives the engine of a train
Portuguese maquinista
  • maquinistaperson who drives the engine of a train
Russian машини́ст
  • машини́ст (mašiníst)person who drives the engine of a train
Slovak rušňovodič, strojvodič
  • rušňovodičperson who drives the engine of a train
  • strojvodičperson who drives the engine of a train
  • strojvodcaperson who drives the engine of a train
  • rušňovodičkaperson who drives the engine of a train
  • mašinistaperson who drives the engine of a train
Spanish maquinista, conductor ferroviario/ferrovial/ferrocarrilero
  • maquinistaperson who drives the engine of a train
  • conductor ferroviario/ferrovial/ferrocarrileroperson who drives the engine of a train
Swedish lokförare, tågförare
  • lokförareperson who drives the engine of a train
  • tågförareperson who drives the engine of a train
Ukrainian машині́ст
  • машині́ст (mašyníst)person who drives the engine of a train
Cite this entry
APA

engine driver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engine%20driver

MLA

“engine driver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engine%20driver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engine driver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engine%20driver.

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