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teamster

/ˈtim.stɚ/

teamster noun: a person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).

Noun (1)

teamster (plural teamsters)

  1. (historical) A person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).
    • Dirty boys playing in the ditch, clerks, teamsters, riders, loungers on the comers, ranchers on dusty horses, little girls running errands, and women hurrying to the stores all looked up at her coming with glad eyes.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 7, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC
    • He turned to the man who spoke. He wore long moustaches after the fashion of teamsters and he wore a widebrim hat with a low round crown.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter 1, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC
  2. (US) A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster).

Noun (2) capitalized: Teamster

Teamster (plural Teamsters)

  1. A member of the Teamsters labour union, usually a truck driver.

teamster meaning in Tamil and Bengali

teamster in Tamil

குதிரைப் பிணையல் ஓட்டி, ஏரில் கட்டிய குதிரைகளை ஓட்டுபவர், கூட்டணி முதல்வர்

teamster in Bengali

সাধারণত একজন ট্রাক চালক

Forms of teamster

pluralteamsters
pluralTeamsters

Origin of teamster

From team + -ster.

Words formed from teamster

Questions about teamster

What does teamster mean?
Teamster means a person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).
What is teamster in Tamil?
Teamster in Tamil is குதிரைப் பிணையல் ஓட்டி, ஏரில் கட்டிய குதிரைகளை ஓட்டுபவர், கூட்டணி முதல்வர். See Teamster meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is teamster?
Teamster is a noun.
How do you pronounce teamster?
Teamster is pronounced /ˈtim.stɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of teamster?
The plural of teamster is teamsters.

Words near teamster in the dictionary

  1. teamships
  2. teamsman
  3. teamsmen
  4. teamsport
  5. teamsports
  6. teamster
  7. teamster tea
  8. teamsters
  9. teamup
  10. teamups
  11. teamwide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teamster (page history and authors); Teamster (page history and authors); teamster (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Teamster (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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