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(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.

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coupler

Source Word

coupler

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkʌplə/

Noun

archaic

(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.

Japanese Meaning

（現代ではほぼ使われない）物を連結する人、特に鉄道車両の連結作業を担当する作業員

The coupler waved his lantern and climbed between the carriages to secure the final connection.

列車の連結手はランタンを振って車両の間に入り、最後の連結を確かめた。

Sense（1）

(now rare) Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.

Sense（2）

Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.

Sense（3）

(music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.

Sense（4）

A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.

Sense（5）

An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.

couplers

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