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What is a pointsman?

What is a pointsman? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A man in charge of railroad points or switches.
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The pointsman aloft in the signal-box made the motions of drawing, with some difficulty, hogsheads of beer.
He took the risk instantly, shouted to the pointsman, and began to back his car.
The committee fixed direct responsibility on the driver, assistant driver and pointsman.
She is said to be in constant touch with Kejriwal and Derek O'Brien is said to be acting as the pointsman between the two.
It is not very long ago since I saw in a newspaper an account of a pointsman being found dead in his box!
Lease was the pointsman at South Crabb Junction, and helped also in the general business there.

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