hack-driver
- noun
- /ˈhækˌdraɪvər/
- Archaic
:
taxista
- The hack-driver waited patiently outside the hotel for his next fare.
Examples
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The hack-driver picked me up at the airport.
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In old New York, every hack-driver knew the fastest way through traffic.
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He worked as a hack-driver to support his family during college.
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Is that hack-driver waiting for someone?
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He worked as a hack-driver to support his family during college.
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The hack-driver waited patiently outside the hotel for his next fare.
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In old New York, every hack-driver knew the fastest way through traffic.
Synonyms
42
1.0
A person who drives people in a taxi for money
29
3.7
A person who drives a taxi
7
1.0
A person who drives a taxi and takes people to where they want to go
2
9.9
A person who drove a hired carriage or taxi in the past
1
5.5
A person who drives a taxi or hired car and gets paid
1
9.2
A person who drives a taxi
A person who takes people somewhere in a taxi for money
A person who drives a taxi as a job
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hack-driver comes from hackney, an old London word for a horse or carriage 'for hire'. So a hack-driver was someone who drove a hired carriage, and that is why today the word means a taxi driver.