roadmaster

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road +‎ master

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roadmaster (plural roadmasters)

  1. One who is in charge of a railroad track.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia[1], New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 222:
      Railwaymen may travel by free pass to their homes by applying to the Roadmaster.

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