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

Arthur Bispo do Rosario, a former Marine Corps signalman, boxer, tram cleaner and domestic worker in Rio de Janeiro, had no interest in defining his extensive activities as art.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

At that moment a signalman approached and saluted.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)