roadie

noun

road·​ie ˈrō-dē How to pronounce roadie (audio)
: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers

Examples of roadie in a Sentence

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Anderson, a longtime music journalist and editor, draws on hundreds of interviews with band members, engineers, roadies, and crew to tell the story of how a group of idealistic audiophiles attempted, and briefly achieved, sonic perfection on a stadium scale. Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 June 2025 More on culture One man spent more than $12,000 to be Gene Simmons’s roadie. Eric Lipton, New York Times, 14 May 2025 Dave has been in the rock trenches for decades, most notably with the Loved Ones, and even spent time as a roadie for festival headliner Bouncing Souls. Trip McClatchy, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025 Team sets out now on season-long six-game roadie Tuesday in Boston. 5. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roadie

Word History

Etymology

road + -ie

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of roadie was in 1969

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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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