Definition of "motorman" [mo•tor•man]

• One who drives an electrically powered streetcar, locomotive, or subway train. (noun)

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• "The next one slowed down for him; but all at once it started up again more swift than the wind, he says; and he could see that the motorman was a coward about something, because he looked greatly frightened when he flew by the spot."
• "He calls the motorman only to be answered by an unknown man who claims to have hijacked the train with a group of heavily armed men and to be holding the passengers hostage."
• "A motorman, for example, must drive his train from one end of the line to another, no matter what his disposition may be on any morning."