Definitions for towermen

towermen tow·er·man

Spelling: [tou-er-muh n]
IPA: /ˈtaʊ ər mən/

Towermen is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in towermen (eemnortw).

Definitions for towermen

noun

  1. Railroads. a person who works in a switch tower and, by means of a signal box, directs the movement of trains.
  2. Aviation. an air-traffic controller.

Origin of towermen

An Americanism dating back to 1890-95; tower1 + -man

Examples for towermen

Eight times that towerman tried there in the midst of the storm to open that switch and eight times he reported failure.

He also asked the towerman to telegraph ahead to Dover for a substitute engineer.

The towerman nodded, beckoned Bartley aside and made some explanations to him.

The towerman had just been relieved from duty, and met Ralph with eager welcome as he was approaching the place.

But the towerman at Middleport said that he could not move the siding-switch there; it was packed in with ice and snow.

If the towerman set those switches and signals 319 times in the course of a day, they must be set absolutely correct 319 times.

The point of convergence is known to the towerman and all the other workers as the “throat” of the yard.

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