boilerman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who tends the fire for a steam engine.
    — The Lancashire Tradesmen's Association organises craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workmen on the surface other than the manipulators of coal, enginemen, boilermen and locomen; it also organises skilled craftsmen underground, although some craftsmen are organised by the Lancashire Area, which seeks to organise all underground workers including craftsmen.

词形变化

boilermen plural

词源

Etymology tree
English boiler
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
English man
English boilerman
From boiler + man.
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