teamster

See also: Teamster

English

Etymology

From team +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtim.stɚ/

Noun

teamster (plural teamsters)

A person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).
- 1912, Zane Grey, Riders of the Purple Sage, Chapter 7
  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.
(US) A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster)

Translations

driver of oxen

Serbo-Croatian: volar (sh) m, volarica (sh) f

Spanish: tayacán m (Hond.)

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