Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index P pointsman: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: points•man Pronunciation: (points'mun), [key] — pl. -men. a railway switchman. a police officer who directs traffic, as at an intersection. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: pointsman (Thesaurus) point shaving point source ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: centrifugal Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language