shunter

English

Etymology

shunt +‎ -er

Noun

shunter (plural shunters)

(rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher
(rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations

Synonyms

(locomotive): switcher (US)

Translations

a railway locomotive used for shunting

Czech: posunovací lokomotiva f
Finnish: järjestelyveturi
French: locotracteur (fr) m
German: Rangierlokomotive f

Hungarian: tolatómozdony
Portuguese: locotrator (Portugal), locomotiva manobreira f
Romanian: locotractor (ro) m

a person who carries out shunting operations

Czech: posunovač m

Anagrams

hunters, nurseth

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