Teamster
noun1
A member of the Teamsters labour union, usually a truck driver.
teamster
nounalso spelled TeamsterUS /ˈtim.stɚ/
Etymology From team + -ster.
1
A person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).
- Dirty boys playing in the ditch, clerks, teamsters, riders, loungers on the comers, ranchers on dusty horses, little girls running errands, and women hurrying to the stores all looked up at her coming with glad eyes.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 7, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
- He turned to the man who spoke. He wore long moustaches after the fashion of teamsters and he wore a widebrim hat with a low round crown.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC:
2
US A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster).
- Derived terms
- teamster tea