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brakeman definition

☆ brake·man (-mən)

noun pl. brakemen -·men (-mən)

  1. a railroad worker who operated the brakes on a train, but is now chiefly an assistant to the conductor
  2. the last person on a bobsled team, who operates the brake, controlling skids and stopping the sled

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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