signalman
Example Sentences
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His father was a railway signalman and his mother came from a mining family.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024
Jacobs was 17 when he joined the Navy in November 1944, after D-Day, and became a Navy signalman.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024
The first lady was one of those kids; she’s the daughter of a Navy signalman.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023
After the ship took him to the South Korean city of Busan, on the peninsula’s southern coast, he served as a signalman in the South’s army.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
They watch the signalman; he stands with one arm aloft, and they lower away until that arm falls suddenly by his side.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Stables, Gordon
