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TEAMSTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does teamster mean?
• TEAMSTER (noun)
The noun TEAMSTER has 2 senses:
1. the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
2. someone who drives a truck as an occupation
Familiarity information: TEAMSTER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The driver of a team of horses doing hauling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("teamster" is a kind of...):
driver (someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle)
Derivation:
team (two or more draft animals that work together to pull something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who drives a truck as an occupation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
teamster; truck driver; trucker
Hypernyms ("teamster" is a kind of...):
driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)
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