pilotman
(rail, UK) A railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g.
Definitions
(rail, UK) A railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g. during maintenance work, or within an unsignalled area or over a line unfamiliar to the engine crew.
Comments
Used in
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "pilotman".
⚡About Tech, Dev & AI slang
The vocabulary of software engineers, AI researchers, and anyone living in a terminal or on GitHub — from LLM to MCP, CORS to vibe coding, agentic to enshittification.
See all Tech, Dev & AI slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "pilotman" (P)
Browse all slang words starting with P.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- pointsman72%
(rail, chiefly, British) A man in charge of railroad points (switches).
- sectionman71%
(rail, US, Canada) A railroad worker who maintains and patrols the track.
- pilot beam65%
(rail, US) a transverse beam at the end of a locomotive which carries the pilot or cowcatcher.
- secondman64%
(rail, UK) A driver's assistant on a diesel or electric locomotive.
- non-railwayman64%
(UK) A person not employed on or by a railway.