Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who drives a truck for hauling loads, especially as an occupation.
- noun One who drives a team.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who drives a team, or is engaged in the business of teaming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who drives a team.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who
drives ateam of animals (such as horses oroxen ) - noun American a person who drives a
truck (seeteamster Proper noun ) - proper noun a member of the Teamsters
labour union , usually a truck driver
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
- noun someone who drives a truck as an occupation
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Green Party is running Howie Hawkins, a teamster from the Rochester area who works for UPS for governor and Gloria Mattera, a health professional and community organizer from Brooklyn for lieutenant governor.
Alan Singer: In New York Gubernatorial Campaign, It's Getting Easier to Be Green Alan Singer 2010
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The Green Party is running Howie Hawkins, a teamster from the Rochester area who works for UPS for governor and Gloria Mattera, a health professional and community organizer from Brooklyn for lieutenant governor.
Alan Singer: In New York Gubernatorial Campaign, It's Getting Easier to Be Green Alan Singer 2010
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The Green Party is running Howie Hawkins, a teamster from the Rochester area who works for UPS for governor and Gloria Mattera, a health professional and community organizer from Brooklyn for lieutenant governor.
Alan Singer: In New York Gubernatorial Campaign, It's Getting Easier to Be Green Alan Singer 2010
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The Green Party is running Howie Hawkins, a teamster from the Rochester area who works for UPS for governor and Gloria Mattera, a health professional and community organizer from Brooklyn for lieutenant governor.
Alan Singer: In New York Gubernatorial Campaign, It's Getting Easier to Be Green Alan Singer 2010
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The Green Party is running Howie Hawkins, a teamster from the Rochester area who works for UPS for governor and Gloria Mattera, a health professional and community organizer from Brooklyn for lieutenant governor.
Alan Singer: In New York Gubernatorial Campaign, It's Getting Easier to Be Green Alan Singer 2010
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And do you recall the teamster we met by the Park, and how he arrested his salute when he saw who it was?
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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And do you recall the teamster we met by the Park, and how he arrested his salute when he saw who it was?
Richard Carvel — Volume 08 Winston Churchill 1909
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And do you recall the teamster we met by the Park, and how he arrested his salute when he saw who it was?
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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And do you recall the teamster we met by the Park, and how he arrested his salute when he saw who it was?
Richard Carvel Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947 1899
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From the humble occupation of a "teamster" he gradually arose to real, potential, and effective leadership of his race.
Men of Maryland George Freeman 1914
brtom commented on the word teamster
The Depression and World War II delayed the mechanization of the farms here, and one of the first disciplines imposed on me was that of a teamster. Wendell Berry "A Native Hill"
July 19, 2008