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teamster

noun

team·​ster ˈtēm(p)-stər How to pronounce teamster (audio)
: one who drives a team or motortruck especially as an occupation

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Richard Nixon commuted the sentence of teamster Jimmy Hoffa, and Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon. Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025 The search introduced me to a bilingual juggler in a Wild West show, an Irish teamster carting a scalped body, an ambitious Lakota lawyer, an angry wife who flees to Paris, and an angry husband who kills his wife in a Wyoming restaurant. Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 Now only Ice-T and Hargitay remain (though several crewmembers from Fazekas’ initial run on the show still work there, including the teamster who picked her up for her first day back). Scarlett Harris, Time, 25 Sep. 2025 Garfield Farm & Tavern Museum is a 366-acre former 1840s prairie farm and teamster inn that is now a living history farm museum. Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teamster

Word History

First Known Use

1758, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of teamster was in 1758

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“Teamster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teamster. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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teamster

noun
team·​ster ˈtēm(p)-stər How to pronounce teamster (audio)
: a person who drives a team or truck

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