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Meanings of signalman in English

Portuguese
guarda-chaves
Spanish
guardagujas
Catalan
guardavies
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Employee of a railway transport network.

        Related terms
        guarda-chaves
        Catalan
        senyaler
        Spanish
        señalizador

        At sea.

                Related terms
                senyaler
                Usage of signalman in English
                1
                The sun was high when a signalman came along the permanent way.
                Selected Polish Tales
                2
                The signalman was sent up, and said it looked like a raft.
                A Simpleton
                3
                Behind, in the shadow of the tower, the signalman lay dead.
                The Black Box
                4
                Through the manhole of the enemy craft leaped a signalman, flags in hand.
                Dave Darrin After the Mine Layers; Or, Hitting the Enemy a Hard ...
                5
                Here was the crossing and the dark little house where the signalman lived.
                The Bishop and Other Stories
                6
                He then went to Karazin as signalman and operative in the railway works.
                Maxim Gorki
                7
                Paddy's father had been a stationmaster and signalman in several places.
                The Irish Times
                8
                The officer went out, and hailed the signalman at the mast-head.
                A Simpleton
                9
                I find that the chief signalman, Davis, is as bad as the rest.
                The Iron Horse
                10
                The signalman had his blinker ready to make a recognition signal.
                Once there was a war
                11
                The signalman, passing by again, snatched a rifle and fired just beside me.
                Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
                12
                The signalman who stops the trains, or lets them pass by?
                The Conquest of Bread
                13
                The train had passed at last, and the signalman lifted the barrier without haste.
                The Bishop and Other Stories
                14
                The British officer comes out of the signalman's house again.
                Once there was a war
                15
                I was aware of a signalman standing nearby crossing himself.
                The Last Ship
                16
                So the signalman cried to the doctor, as he sped by on a message.
                Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
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                Translations for signalman
                Portuguese
                guarda-chaves
                Signalman through the time
                Signalman across language varieties
                United Kingdom
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