numbertaker

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noun

A person employed to note down numbers, in particular on railways where fleet numbers of wagons were recorded.

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Meanings

nounnumbertaker (plural numbertakers)

plural numbertakers

  1. A person employed to note down numbers, in particular on railways where fleet numbers of wagons were recorded.

    Step 2—Porter Grade 1, Goods Shunter Class 4, Shunt Horse Driver, Numbertaker, Traffic Timekeeper, etc.

    1942 July-August, T. F. Cameron, “How the Staff of a Railway is Recruited”, in Railway Magazine, page 205

Origin

From number + taker, or number + take + -er.

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APA

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

MLA

“numbertaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numbertaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “numbertaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numbertaker.

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