commuter

American  

[kuh-myoo-ter] / kəˈmyu tər /

noun

1. a person who commutes, especially between home and work.

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adjective

1. of or for commuting; serving commuters.

   a commuter railroad.

2. of or relating to a flight, plane, or airline that carries passengers over relatively short distances and usually serves small communities.

commuter British  

/ kəˈmjuːtə /

noun

1. 1. a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city

   2. ( as modifier )

      the commuter belt

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Etymology

Origin of commuter

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; commute + -er ¹

Example Sentences

But for the long suffering rail commuters of the historic pioneering routes of northern England, there may be new tunnels, and there may be light in them too.

From BBC

Monday morning felt noticeably different for commuters, with milder conditions meaning there was no need to scrape or defrost vehicles for the first time this year.

From BBC

William Skannerup glanced left and right at his fellow commuters on the London Underground train network, before they nodded in agreement and pulled down their trousers to reveal colourful underwear.

From Barron's

Others were engineers at the Jet Propulsion Lab and professors at Caltech and teachers and artists and plumbers and everyday commuters to downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

CBS News promoted Dokoupil’s launch with a whimsical social media video that showed the journalist presenting a piece of paper with his name written on it to commuters at Grand Central Terminal in New York.

From Los Angeles Times

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• driver
• traveler