commuter
[kuh-myoo-ter]
- a person who commutes, especially between home and work.
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- 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
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Examples from the Web for commuter
Contemporary Examples
When one commuter stands to leave, a businessman outpaces a woman hauling a sizable shopping bag.
Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst SubwayKevin Zawacki
August 8, 2014
The result was a perfect storm of commuter congestion where “normal Caracas chaos became absolute mayhem.”
Local vendors practically throw themselves in front of the commuter traffic, imploring passengers to take horse rides.
He was found barely alive in the woods near a commuter train line, still tied up, naked, and badly burned.
But among the factory and office workers is a commuter photographed on the London Overground.
Historical Examples
In 1917 she became a commuter from her home in Sewickley, a Pittsburgh suburb.
When Winter Comes to Main StreetGrant Martin Overton
Only God and the Commuter know how to get there, and they alone know why they stay.
The Face of the FieldsDallas Lore Sharp
Other trains may be jumped about on the time-card, the Commuter is oblivious of their fate.
The Modern RailroadEdward Hungerford
Once aboard the 5:37 the Commuter trails his way into the smoker.
The Modern RailroadEdward Hungerford
The Commuter is not more concerned about that 5:37 than is the railroad.
The Modern RailroadEdward Hungerford
commuter
- 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
n.
1865, American English, "holder of a commutation ticket," agent noun from commute (v.).
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