swamper

The story

From swamp + -er.

First known use, by meaning

• from 18th c. A person who lives in a swampy area.
• from 19th c. A person who clears a road for lumberers in a forest or swamp.
• from 19th c. Someone or something that swamps or overwhelms.
• from 19th c. A truck driver's assistant; an assistant to a driver of horses, mules or bullocks.
• from 19th c. a person who travels by foot but has his belongings on a wagon.
• from 20th c. A handyman or general employee in a liquor saloon; a cook's assistant.