Shunter

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  • n. A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher
  • n. A person who carries out shunting operations
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which shunts; specifically, a railway-servant whose duty it is to move the switches which transfer a train or carriage from one line to another.
  • n. A hand-lever used to start and move a railroad-car.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    engine    locomotive    locomotive engine    railway locomotive   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    switcher   
     
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