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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The “Silo” co-star on his family’s tight New York City walk-up, living near Gaslight Café and his teamster job to pay for UCLA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He lived at the homestead and became a teamster on the National Pike.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2017
But starting in 1930, a school dropout and army veteran named Harland Sanders—he was a teamster in Cuba during his U.S.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2013
Pudgy and bearded with baseball mitt-sized hands and trained as a mechanic, Bassam had risen to be a chief representative of Iraq’s hundreds-strong teamster high command.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 17, 2013
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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