swamper

[ swom-per ]

/ ˈswɒm pər /

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noun

Informal. a person who inhabits, works in, or is exceptionally familiar with swamps.

a general assistant or laborer; menial.

a person who trims felled trees into logs at a logging camp or sawmill.

Citizens Band Radio Slang. a motorist or truck driver, especially one using a CB radio.

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Origin of swamper

First recorded in 1715–25; swamp + -er¹

Words nearby swamper

swamp buggy, swamp buttonwood, swamp cabbage, swamp cypress, swamped, swamper, swamp fever, swampfish, swamphen, swampland, swamp locust

How to use swamper in a sentence

The swamper dashed the moisture from his eyes and summoned a look of stubborn resolve.
Bonaventure|George Washington Cable
The principal tavern there stands on that corner of the court-house square to which the swamper would naturally come first.
Bonaventure|George Washington Cable
But what Sam was, in the opinion of the swamper, Val never learned, for at that moment Ricky burst from between two bushes.
Ralestone Luck|Andre Norton
The swamper's face was bruised and there was a smear of dried blood across one cheek as if he had already been roughly handled.
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Sam had started for the house, carrying Jeems as if the long-legged swamper was the same age and size as his own small son.
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British Dictionary definitions for swamper

swamper

/ (ˈswɒmpə) /

noun

a person who lives or works in a swampy region, esp in the southern US
a person who clears a swamp of trees and undergrowth or who clears a path in a forest for transporting logs

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