commuter

[kuh-myoo-ter]

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noun

a person who commutes, especially between home and work.

adjective

of or for commuting; serving commuters: a commuter railroad.

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

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Origin of commuter

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; commute + -er¹

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When one commuter stands to leave, a businessman outpaces a woman hauling a sizable shopping bag.
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The result was a perfect storm of commuter congestion where “normal Caracas chaos became absolute mayhem.”
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Local vendors practically throw themselves in front of the commuter traffic, imploring passengers to take horse rides.
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He was found barely alive in the woods near a commuter train line, still tied up, naked, and badly burned.
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But among the factory and office workers is a commuter photographed on the London Overground.
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It is an inconvenient world, this distant, darkened, unmapped country of the Commuter.
The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp
Many a commuter, opening his evening paper on the train, looks first of all to see if Archy is in the Dial.
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Again, as a commuter, I see him on the 5.24, flying across "leagues" to his cottage in the "primeval forest" of New Jersey.
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The Commuter finds his way up a steep road to his home on the hillside, his very own home.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
As fellow mariners will, we discussed famous breakdowns of old and the uncertainties of the commuter's life.
Plum Pudding|Christopher Morley

British Dictionary definitions for commuter

commuter

noun

a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
(as modifier)the commuter belt

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Word Origin and History for commuter

commuter

1865, American English, "holder of a commutation ticket," agent noun from commute (v.).

commuter

noun

adjective

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