[f. STATION sb. (sense 20) + MASTER sb.] The official who has the control of a railway station.
1857. W. Collins, Dead Secret, III. vi. Did the station-master issue the tickets for that train?
1866. Dickens, etc., Mugby Junction, 48/1. Then the guard’s whistle shrilled out, and the station-master made his last bow; I turned the steam on, and we started.
1889. G. Findlay, Engl. Railway, 15. The ‘Station-master,’ attends to the passenger work.
So Stationmistress.
1897. N. & Q., 18 Dec., 485/2. Her husband was killed in the service of the company, and she succeeded as stationmistress.
