# latchman

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A person employed to run in front of a locomotive and open the latch to turn it into a siding for trams to pass.

## Etymology
latch + -man

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