stationmaster
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈsteɪʃənˌmæsɚ/
- UK
:
jefe de estación
- Before the train departed, the stationmaster ensured that everything was in order.
- an old stationmaster
- the stationmaster's office
- the stationmaster's daughter
Examples
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The stationmaster stood watching until the train was out of sight.
Fiction book (1996) -
Make sure that it gets into the stationmaster's hands when you pull into Washington.
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"Not just for you," the stationmaster said.
Fiction book (1993) -
The stationmaster, curious, came out to talk to her.
Fiction book (1996) -
At Dettwiller, the stationmaster was out in front of the station, checking his watch against the town clock.
Fiction book (1993) -
The station was shutting down, and then we remembered the direction that the stationmaster gave you.
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As soon as the stationmaster at Brod sees that we do not arrive on time, he will send...
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Peis hurried to the stationmaster's office and grabbed the telephone.
Fiction book (2000) -
They'd waited for a taxicab quite a while before finding out that the town had only one, and the stationmaster had to locate the driver for them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Leaning out, he watched the portly stationmaster helping a pale, drooping woman to the gate, the thin thread of her complaining voice just reaching him.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
1
4.2
A person who runs a train station and helps passengers
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stationmaster comes from the words station and master, where station means a 'standing place' and became the place where trains stop, and master means 'chief' or 'boss'. So a stationmaster is the 'chief' of the station who is in charge of the trains, staff, and passengers.