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railroader

Variant of railroad

noun

  1. a road laid with parallel steel rails along which cars carrying passengers or freight are drawn by locomotives
  2. a complete system of such roads, including land, rolling stock, stations, etc.
  3. the persons or corporation owning and managing such a system

transitive verb

  1. ☆ to transport by railroad
  2. Informal to rush through quickly, esp. so quickly as to prevent careful consideration: to railroad a bill through Congress
  3. Slang to cause to go to prison on a trumped-up charge or with too hasty a trial

intransitive verb

☆ to work on a railroad

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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