teamster
2
7.9
- noun
- /ˈtiːmstər/
- Archaic
:
carretero
- When winter arrived, the teamster used his sleigh to deliver supplies to remote farms in the area.
- teamsters hauled
- Mexican teamsters
That's you know, you know, and you and you can't be a teamster driving Shire horses much longer either.
- That's you know, you know, and you and you can't be a teamster driving Shire horses much longer either.
Examples
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A number of other men—carpenters, teamsters, and day laborers—no doubt also found part-time work in the milling complex.
Academic text (2001) -
My grandfather was a teamster—in the old sense: farmed with horses on 'shares' in South Dakota.
Blog text (19) -
"It was a Christmas gift from his father, who was, in fact, a teamster.
Fiction book (1994) -
Well, there's the teamster who tumbled from the wagon a week ago.
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Since I've got some skills and experience with horses, I'd probably set about being a teamster for the local landed gentry.
Blog text (24) -
Behind them rode a teamster in a covered Springfield wagon loaded with mounds of luggage.
Fiction book (1997) -
The teamsters, men who drove supply wagons between Arizona towns and forts, erroneously blamed Quashackama and company for recent raids on their wagon.
Academic text (1999) -
Well, we camped down on the Arkansas River one night, and them teamsters picketed 36 mules and they picketed 300 horses in the sand.
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The teamster skillfully guided his horses as they hauled the heavy load down the dirt road.
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In the early days of the settlement, a teamster was essential to transport goods from one place to another.
Synonyms
53
5.8
A person who guides animals that pull a carriage or wagon
1
9.1
A person who drives a cart pulled by horses to carry goods
1
9.9
A person who drives animals like mules to pull carts
1
9.9
A person who drives and cares for mules as a job
A person who drives animals like horses to pull a wagon or plough
A person who leads mules to carry goods
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word teamster comes from team 'group of animals pulling a load' and the agent ending -ster 'a person who does something'. It originally named someone who drove a team of horses to haul goods, which is why it means a driver of draft animals.