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trackwalker

noun
track·​walk·​er | \ ˈtrak-ˌwȯ-kər How to pronounce trackwalker (audio) \

Definition of trackwalker

: a worker employed to walk over and inspect a section of railroad tracks

Examples of trackwalker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Instead, trackwalkers and other Inspection Department employees, who are predominantly African-American, were targeted for discipline as scapegoats for issues that resulted from the willful neglect of senior WMATA officials. — Martine Powers, Washington Post, "Fired track workers sue Metro for discrimination, hostile work environment," 2 May 2017

First Known Use of trackwalker

1872, in the meaning defined above

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