haulier
Americannoun
noun
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a person or firm that transports goods by lorry; one engaged in road haulage
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a person that hauls, esp a mine worker who conveys coal from the workings to the foot of the shaft
Example Sentences
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In March, Dublin announced a 250 million-euro package to reduce fuel costs, notably including a diesel rebate for road haulier.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
Steve Pole, who has travelled from Great Dunmow in Essex to Peterborough in Cambridgeshire and then to Felixstowe, has "had enough" of life as a haulier.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024
A haulier will collect the 70-year-old tree on Saturday and take it down to London ahead of installation on Monday.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023
We need to change our perception of the haulier industry if we want to stop experienced drivers leaving the profession, reckons Julia Kermode of Nantwich-based IWork, which represents independent workers.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2021
She knew the pay of the forest men, from the haulier to the princely axeman and river-jack.
From The Man in the Twilight by Cullum, Ridgwell
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