brakeman

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English brake Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English brakeman From brake + -man.

1. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc.
2. A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine.
3. A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.