enginemann.
/ˈɛn(d)ʒ(ᵻ)nmən/, /ˈɛn(d)ʒ(ᵻ)nman/, U.S. /ˈɛndʒənmən/, /ˈɛndʒənmæn/ 1. A person (esp. a man) who operates, or assists with the operation of, a fire engine. Now U.S.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman > specific
bitterc1467
engineman1724
pipeman1763
vamp1877
nozzle man1885
pumper1912
smoke-jumper1940
tillerman1968
first responder1975
1724 Boston Selectman 125 [Two men were] admitted Enginemen for the North Engine.
1790 Boston Selectman 114 The several Captains of Engine Men [are] to return lists of the Men belonging to their several Engines.
1826 Times 29 Dec. 3/3 Mr. Pim, the engine-man of the Imperial Insurance-office.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xvii. 174 A fire..brought out the engine-men.
1903 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 20 Jan. 8/4 In the absence of the engineman both hopped into the ‘pan’ and rode to the scene of the fire.
1975 Operations Res. 23 604 They are manned by a team whose main functions are to gain access to the fire premises to enable the enginemen to extinguish the fire.
2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 214/3 Most of the medals, the enginemen say, are inevitably bestowed upon truckees—because they do most of the rescuing.
2.
a. A person (esp. a man) who operates or attends to a stationary engine (esp. a steam engine) in a factory, mine, etc. Now rare (chiefly historical).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with other specific tools or equipment
presser1545
stamper1556
blocker1609
benchman1658
engineman1777
squaremanc1790
kettleman1833
vice-man1837
poleman1859
tackle-man1859
ladler1875
sand-blaster?1881
ticket chopper1898
cager1908
gadgeteer1926
paint sprayer1928
1777 C. Clarke True Theory & Pract. Husbandry ii. 308 Other means are used by most engine-men, to cause the piston to gain the first ascent or elevation.
1798 T. Barnes in J. Tann Sel. Papers Boulton & Watt (1982) I. 67 I learnt our Enginemen to draw up the Men entirely with the Throttle Valve.
1859 S. Smiles Self-help iv. 81 Stephenson taught himself arithmetic and mensuration while working as an engineman.
1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 80 The engineman must be able to work his engine with a variable expansion with as great ease as an ordinary high-pressure engine.
1910 Industr. Syndicalist Nov. 2 The miners..had met the representatives of the two enginemen's unions in order to secure their co-operation.
2006 A. Metcalfe Leisure & Recreation in Victorian Mining Community i. 26 The Board of Directors comprised four miners, two engine-men, and one deputy overman.
b. The operator of a locomotive engine; a train driver. Cf. engineer n. 6c.Chiefly, and in early use only, with reference to steam-powered locomotives.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > train-staff > engine-driver
engine driver1809
engineer1816
engineman1835
locomotive engineer1840
runner1848
locomotive driver1852
locomotive runner1860
locoman1894
hogger1904
hoghead1905
1835 E. Parsons Tourist's Comp. 243 No gratuity is allowed to be taken by any guard, engineman, porter, etc.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant viii. 261 He saw..only the guards and enginemen.
1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 654 A good engine-man takes a pride now in his engine.
1903 Ottumwa (Iowa) Daily Courier 22 Sept. 2/4 Enginemen on..piloting and switching service have all received a comparative increase [in pay].
1956 Railway Mag. Feb. 121/1 There is a separate sheet steel case with lift-up cover containing the engineman's telephone.
2001 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 7 Apr. 2 He worked as a railway engineman and at 31 was elected president of the enginemen's union.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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