: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers
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Jones puts an exclamation point on the music — making the audience the roadies to Lestat’s wicked showman ways.
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Because the company needed her, Bromley was permitted to join the tour as a roadie and care for Jasper.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Sandy Alcantara goes for his fourth win to wrap the roadie on Wednesday,.
—Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
The guitarist kept gigging, earning extra money by working as a roadie for the Spencer Davis Group, the high-octane R&B outfit featuring a teenage Steve Winwood on keyboard and guitar.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
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Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Because the company needed her, Bromley was permitted to join the tour as a roadie and care for Jasper.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Sandy Alcantara goes for his fourth win to wrap the roadie on Wednesday,.
—Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
The guitarist kept gigging, earning extra money by working as a roadie for the Spencer Davis Group, the high-octane R&B outfit featuring a teenage Steve Winwood on keyboard and guitar.
—Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for roadie
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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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