teamster
Americannoun
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a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
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a member of the Teamsters Union.
noun
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a driver of a team of horses used for haulage
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the driver of a lorry
Etymology
Origin of teamster
Example Sentences
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I worked a teamster job loading magazines onto a conveyor belt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
It’s not every day that you see a teamster walk a tightrope, but on Monday night, Sean O’Brien, president of the mighty Teamsters union, was doing just that at the Republican National Convention.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2024
But she had been led to believe by a teamster, she says, that the car, which had been reconfigured from a stick shift to an automatic, might not be working that well.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2018
He lived at the homestead and became a teamster on the National Pike.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2017
A husky teamster had his arm around her waist and was whispering something in her ear.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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