Shunter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shunter \Shunt"er\, n. (Railroad)
     A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  shunter
       n : a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make
           trips