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Meanings of locomotive engineer in English

Portuguese
maquinista
Catalan
maquinista
Spanish
conductor ferroviario

The operator of a railway locomotive.

        maquinista
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        Examples for "engineer"
        Examples for "engineer"
        1
        She's quite a submarine, of course, and we carry four engineer officers.
        On the Beach
        2
        The matter is the machinery; energy the motion and soul the engineer.
        Born Again
        3
        He said he wanted to become an engineer and work for NASA.
        News.com.au
        4
        She said she had heard engineer Nicolas Bel's interview on the subject.
        Reuters
        5
        Despite the new chief engineer's evident expertise, the doctor was not optimistic.
        Star trek movie tie-in
        1
        There he had married Agnes, the blond daughter of the railroad engineer.
        The Goose Man
        2
        He was a railroad engineer who drove a switch engine in the yards.
        Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
        3
        After more than twenty years as a railroad engineer, he was bored and restless.
        The lost city of z: a tale of deadly obsession in the amazon
        4
        We hired a railroad engineer to survey the town site and stake it into lots.
        An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)
        5
        And he became at last a great railroad engineer.
        Queer Stories for Boys and Girls
        1
        He guessed the engine driver and perhaps his mate had been the victims.
        Carte Blanche
        2
        He found the guard and the engine driver awaiting events in the station-master's office.
        Lady Bountiful
        3
        Neither was he trying to flag down the engine driver.
        Carte Blanche
        4
        Five minutes later, Molly and the engine driver's wife were climbing the embankment together.
        Lady Bountiful
        5
        The guard, a fat, good-humoured looking man, was talking earnestly to the engine driver.
        Lady Bountiful
        Usage of locomotive engineer in English
        1
        An owner of a steam-driven car had to have a locomotive engineer's licence.
        The new yorker
        2
        Behind him stood the panting locomotive engineer, trying to hold back the growing crowd.
        Ranching for Sylvia
        3
        And a locomotive engineer is a thousand times more useful.
        Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I / Including His Answe...
        4
        The locomotive engineer cautioned him against using cold water.
        The new yorker
        5
        Banks & Associates and a locomotive engineer and trainer.
        Reuters
        6
        He went out and as he walked down the track met the locomotive engineer, who stopped.
        The Girl from Keller's
        7
        Even the locomotive engineer, in the spirit of the occasion, leaned down heartily on his whistle rope.
        The Blazed Trail
        8
        It's carried by the locomotive engineer too.
        Radio NZ
        9
        A locomotive engineer had been engaged, as it was supposed he would not be afraid of anything.
        Edison: His Life and Inventions
        10
        The yeggman, a strongly built slow talking man, looked like a skilled mechanic of a locomotive engineer.
        Marching Men
        11
        The brakeman and the locomotive engineer and the mechanical engineer and the sailor all have the same spirit.
        The Voice of the Machines / An Introduction to the Twentieth Cen...
        12
        Such is the case with James E. Valentine, a locomotive engineer killed in a collision many years ago.
        American Adventures: A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'
        13
        I don't want to go to Congress, or be a sheriff, or a lawyer, or a locomotive engineer.
        A Little Journey in the World
        14
        You're a locomotive engineer, aren't you?
        Tom of the Raiders
        15
        A counsellor and support plan would be provided for the locomotive engineer, who would be replaced by another driver.
        Radio NZ
        16
        Then he remembered that the locomotive engineer had been ordered to move some cars, and set off for the track.
        The Girl from Keller's
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        Translations for locomotive engineer
        Portuguese
        maquinista
        Catalan
        maquinista
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        Locomotive engineer across language varieties
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