Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
trainmaster [treyn-mas-ter, -mah-ster] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a person who has charge of operations over one portion of a railroad.
Origin of trainmaster An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; train + master Examples from the Web for trainmaster Historical Examples of trainmaster
Every trainmaster should be a traveling engineer and every traveling engineer should be a trainmaster.
Letters from an Old Railway Official
Charles DeLano Hine
The trainmaster says, “This is my department, you have interfered with my man.”
Letters from an Old Railway Official
Charles DeLano Hine
When this got down to the superintendent or the trainmaster the conductor was called in.
Letters from an Old Railway Official
Charles DeLano Hine
The superintendent, and later the trainmaster, said: “This is my man.”
Letters from an Old Railway Official
Charles DeLano Hine
Sunday morning he and Norman met in the trainmaster’s office.
Frank H. Spearman