# brakeman

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #82,127

## Definitions
1. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
2. A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.
3. A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.

## Etymology
From brake + -man.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/brakeman