engine driver
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engine driver
n
(Railways) chiefly Brit a person who drives a railway locomotive; train driver
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engineer
– engine driver1. 'engineer'
An engineer is a skilled person who uses scientific knowledge to design and construct machinery, electrical devices, or roads and bridges.
He trained as a civil engineer and worked on the M4 motorway.
...a brilliant young mining engineer.
An engineer is also a person who repairs mechanical or electrical devices.
The telephone engineer can't come until Wednesday.
In American English, a person who drives a train is also called an engineer.
An engineer pulled his freight train into a siding.
2. 'engine driver'
In British English, a person who drives a train is called an engine driver.
Every little boy has an ambition to be an engine driver.
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| Noun | 1. |  engine driver - the operator of a railway locomotivemanipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard" |
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Translations
strojvůdce
veturinkuljettaja
lokförare
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engine driver
n (Brit) (of train) → macchinista mCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995