Plural form of brakeman; multiple railroad workers who operate brakes and perform coupling duties on trains.
Regular English plural of brakeman, formed by the addition of -en (an archaic plural suffix that survives in words like 'men' and 'children').
The term 'brakemen' is a linguistic fossil showing how English preserved old plural forms—it's one of the few places where '-en' still works as a plural marker.
Plural form of 'brakeman,' carrying the same occupational-gender conflation from railroad era. Perpetuates erasure of women's brake-operator labor.
Use 'brake operators' or 'brakeworkers' for inclusive plural reference.
["brake operators","brakeworkers"]
Women brake operators, often uncredited in historical records, should be acknowledged when discussing railroad labor history.
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