Usually means: Controller of railway traffic flow.
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  11. pointsman: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pointsman)

▸ noun:  (rail transport, chiefly British) A man in charge of railroad points (switches).

Similar:
pointsperson, signalman, switchtender, switchman, trackman, towerman, sectionman, pilotman, pointman, trackmaster, more...

Opposite:
pointswoman, signalman, signalwoman, switchman, switchwoman

Adjectives:
middle, infallible, weary, radiant, offending

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Similar:
pointsperson, signalman, switchtender, switchman, trackman, towerman, sectionman, pilotman, pointman, trackmaster, more...

Opposite:
pointswoman, signalman, signalwoman, switchman, switchwoman

Adjectives:
middle, infallible, weary, radiant, offending



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