Home › Words › B › breakermanbreakermanbreakerman means the operator of a breaker (machine for breaking rocks or coal).EtymologyFrom breaker + -man.nounThe operator of a breaker (machine for breaking rocks or coal).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.braker 72% match — One who brakes. vs breakerman →brakesman 71% match — Someone who operates the winch in a mine. vs breakerman →stonebreaker 70% match — A labourer who breaks stone. vs breakerman →brakie 66% match — A brakeman. vs breakerman →bonebreaker 66% match — One who or that which breaks bones. vs breakerman →bookbreaker 66% match — One who carries out bookbreaking. vs breakerman →brakeman 65% match — A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc. vs breakerman →coalcutterman 65% match — The operator of a coalcutter. vs breakerman →