teamster

[ teem-ster ]

/ ˈtim stər /

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noun

a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.

a member of the Teamsters Union.

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Origin of teamster

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; team + -ster

Words nearby teamster

team handball, teammate, tea money, team player, team spirit, teamster, Teamsters Union, team-teach, team teaching, team up with, teamwork

How to use teamster in a sentence

Republic wanted to terminate its obligations and put workers in a 401(k) (or at least a more solvent Teamster pension plan).
How the IRS Wrecked Your Pension|Megan McArdle|May 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Anuzis, once a Teamster, qualifies by temperament and territory.
Give Steele a Reality Show|John Batchelor|November 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
And the teamster pranced out and brandished his blacksnake whip menacingly.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
The Deacon looked at the gesticulating teamster a minute, and the dormant impulse of his youth256 stirred again within him.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy

"I won't take no slack from no old Wabash hayseed like you," responded the teamster cordially.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
The teamster did as he was bid, and drove on till they came up to where the boys were sitting on a fence-corner waiting for them.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
Dad Frazer was a man of sixty or sixty-five, who had been an army teamster in the days of frontier posts.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek|George W. Ogden

British Dictionary definitions for teamster

teamster

/ (ˈtiːmstə) /

noun

a driver of a team of horses used for haulage

US and Canadian the driver of a lorry

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