cabdriver
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- noun
- /ˈkæbˌdraɪvər/
:
taxista
- The cabdriver navigated the busy streets to take us to the airport.
- the cabdriver said
- the cabdriver was robbed
- the cabdriver drove
Examples
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You're the only English-speaking cabdriver in New York.
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Nina's suitcase sat on the front step of the building where the cabdriver had dropped it.
Fiction book (1991) -
And the cabdriver was Chinese.
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Well, Albert, it's tough to be a cabdriver, baby.
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"Aren't you afraid of walking home by yourself?" asked the cabdriver.
Fiction book (1996) -
I won the Auto Company Award for most courteous cabdriver in the city.
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Conceding defeat, I opened negotiations with an Italian cabdriver to take us two hours south.
Academic text (2000) -
Later, Charlotte's youthful cabdriver continued the story.
Fiction book (1998) -
"Yes," the cabdriver said.
Fiction book (1998) -
Friedman also derived useful information from casual conversations with less influential persons—a cabdriver, his host's gardener.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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A person who drives people in a taxi for money
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A person who drives a taxi
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A person who drove a hired carriage or taxi in the past
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A person who drives a taxi
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A person who drives a taxi or hired car and gets paid
A person who drives a taxi as a job
A person who drives a taxi for a living
A person who takes people somewhere in a taxi for money
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cabdriver comes from cab, short for cabriolet, a small carriage pulled by a horse, and driver, meaning 'someone who drives'. So a cabdriver is simply the person who drives a cab or taxi and takes people to their destinations.