teamster
pronunciation
How to pronounce teamster in British English:
UK [ˈti:mstə(r)]
How to pronounce teamster in American English:
US [ˈtimstɚ]
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- Noun:
- the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
- someone who drives a truck as an occupation
Word Origin
- teamster (n.)
- "person who drives a team of horses" (especially in hauling freight), 1776, from team (n.) + -ster. Transferred to motor truck drivers by 1907.
Example
- 1. Little teamster shit came at me with a razor .
- 2. " The company needs some help , " a teamster official said at the time .
- 3. The pugnacious former boxer is a member of local 25 : he is a teamster .
- 4. You must be a teamster . Youse don 't stop eating .
- 5. When you are in the movie business , you want your business card to say actor , director , star , teamster , driver . You just don 't want it to say shareholder .