1
: a person whose business is transporting goods by truck
2
: a truck driver
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Joel Rose, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
The organization claims truckers are commonly extorted by police at the stops.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2025
Turner and fellow truckers Monte Wiederhold and Marco Padilla shared their best road trip tips with USA TODAY Cara for the long weekend and holidays.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
In that instance, a fake buyer placed a multi-million dollar shipment with the company and a trucker showed up to a company facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi, ostensibly to ship it to Illinois, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Zimmer-Wong says that would effectively push as many as 200,000 immigrant truckers out of the industry.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
The organization claims truckers are commonly extorted by police at the stops.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 Nov. 2025
Turner and fellow truckers Monte Wiederhold and Marco Padilla shared their best road trip tips with USA TODAY Cara for the long weekend and holidays.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
In that instance, a fake buyer placed a multi-million dollar shipment with the company and a trucker showed up to a company facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi, ostensibly to ship it to Illinois, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trucker
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“Trucker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trucker. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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