Meanings
plural railwaywomen
- rail transportA woman who works on a railway.
Some 100,000 railwaymen have been released to join the fighting forces, 90,000 are training as Home Guards in addition to their railway work, 170,000 members of the railway staffs have been fully trained in A.R.P. duties, and 100,000 railwaywomen are now employed.
1943 March-April, John R. Hind, “The British Railways at War”, in Railway Magazine, page 95Synonyms: railwoman
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA woman who works on a railway.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna female employee of a railroad
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Romanian feroviară
- feroviarăwoman who works on a railway — see also railwayman
Spanish ferroviaria
- ferroviariawoman who works on a railway — see also railwayman
Ukrainian залізни́чниця
- залізни́чниця (zaliznýčnycja)woman who works on a railway — see also railwayman
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railwaywoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/railwaywoman
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