Associations to the word «Signalman»

Wiktionary

SIGNALMAN, noun. Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
SIGNALMAN, noun. A member of the armed forces responsible for signalling.

Dictionary definition

SIGNALMAN, noun. A railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats