Meanings
teamster1
plural teamsters
- historicalA person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).
He turned to the man who spoke. He wore long moustaches after the fashion of teamsters and he wore a widebrim hat with a low round crown.
1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC1 more example
Dirty boys playing in the ditch, clerks, teamsters, riders, loungers on the comers, ranchers on dusty horses, little girls running errands, and women hurrying to the stores all looked up at her coming with glad eyes.
1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 7, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC
Teamster2
plural Teamsters
- A member of the Teamsters labour union, usually a truck driver.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Dutch trucker
- truckerperson who drives a cargo truck
Finnish ajaja, ajuri
- ajajadriver of oxen
- ajuridriver of oxen
- ajomiesdriver of oxen
- rekkakuskiperson who drives a cargo truck
- kuorma-autonkuljettajaperson who drives a cargo truck
Portuguese tropeiro, caminhoneiro
- tropeirodriver of oxen
- caminhoneiroperson who drives a cargo truck
Spanish tayacán (Hond.), tronquista
- tayacán (Hond.)driver of oxen
- tronquistaperson who drives a cargo truck
Cite this entry
teamster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teamster
“teamster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teamster. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teamster,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teamster.
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