teamster
teamster Lexical Profile
teamster Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American A commercial driver who operates a heavy freight truck.
"The veteran teamster navigated the mountain pass carefully despite the heavy winter snow."
North American A member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a major labor union representing freight drivers, warehouse workers, and other employees.
"During the contract negotiations, every local teamster voted to support the proposed benefit package."
A person whose occupation is driving a team of horses, mules, or oxen to haul freight or equipment.
"In the nineteenth century, a skilled teamster could guide a six-mule wagon through narrow canyon trails."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the mid-17th century from 'team' (in its original sense of a group of draft animals harnessed together) plus the occupational suffix '-ster'. As horse-drawn freight wagons were replaced by motorized trucks in the early 20th century, the word naturally transitioned to denote commercial truck drivers and members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.