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cabdriver

American  
[kab-drahy-ver] / ˈkæbˌdraɪ vər /

noun

  1. a driver of a taxicab or horse-drawn carriage.


Etymology

Origin of cabdriver

First recorded in 1835–45; cab 1 + driver

Example Sentences

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The gigs didn’t pay much, and he became a cabdriver.

From The Wall Street Journal May 10, 2026

“I just want us to go back to being unknown,” Petersen, the cabdriver, said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

He is a former cabdriver and music instructor who served in the New York judiciary for more than 15 years before presiding over Trump’s bench trial.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2024

Now he makes a living as a cabdriver, sometimes picking up migrants who come from Guatemala, as he did.

From New York Times Dec. 14, 2022

In each article, I’m known as twenty-year-old cabdriver Ed Kennedy, as I lied to every single reporter about my age.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

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