schlepper

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noun

A servant who carries things; a porter.

“He's just a schlepper!”

Similar
shlepperschlepshlep
OriginYiddish שלעפּער →
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Meanings

schlepper1

nounschlepper (plural schleppers)

plural schleppers

  1. A servant who carries things; a porter.

    Tell the schlepper to take it up to your hotel room.

schlepper2

nounschlepper (plural schleppers)

plural schleppers

  1. derogatoryOne who wanders aimlessly.

    I can't interest the little schlepper in doing his homework.

  2. derogatoryAny manual laborer, or other lowly employee.

    He's just a schlepper!

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person

Similar
shlepperschlepshlep
Broader
simpletonsimple
Also see
schlep

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

schlepper · noun

From schlep + -er.

Full word history & related roots →

schlepper · noun

  1. Yiddishשלעפּער
  2. Yiddishשלעפּער
  3. Englishschlepper

Borrowed from Yiddish שלעפּער (shleper).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with schlepper

pepperleperlepperprepper
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APA

schlepper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlepper

MLA

“schlepper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlepper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schlepper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlepper.

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