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Dictionary: team·ster   (tēm'stər) pronunciation
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n.
  1. One who drives a truck for hauling loads, especially as an occupation.
  2. One who drives a team.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the driver of a team of horses doing hauling

Meaning #2: someone who drives a truck as an occupation
  Synonyms: trucker, truck driver

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For the American labor union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), see Teamsters.
Teamster driving a team of six horses

A teamster, in modern American English, is a truck driver. The trade union named after them is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT or Teamsters), one of the largest unions in the United States.

The term "teamster" originally referred to a person who drove a team of draft animals, usually a wagon drawn by oxen, horses, or mules.[1] This term was commonly used during the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries on the American frontier.

A teamster might also drive pack animals such as a muletrain, in which case he was also known as a muleteer or muleskinner. Another name is a bullwhacker. In Australian English a teamster was also known as a bullocker or bullocky. Today this person may be an outfitter or packer.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Macquarie Dictionary" 2nd edition, 1991
  2. ^ Shemanski, Frances (1984) "Mule Days Celebration" A Guide to Fairs and Festivals in the United States Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, p. 15, ISBN 0-313-21437-9

Further review

  • Telleen, Maurice (1977) The Draft Horse Primer: A Guide to the Care and Use of Work Horses and Mules Rodale Press, Emmaus, Pennsylvania, ISBN 0-87857-161-2
  • Elser, Smoke (1980) Packin' in on Mules and Horses Mountain Press Publishing Co., Missoula, Montana, ISBN 0-87842-127-0
  • Gebhards, Stacy V. (2000) When Mules Wear Diamonds: Mountain Packing with Mules and Horses Wilderness Skills, McCall, Idaho, OCLC 47630999
  • Damerow, Gail; Ainsworth, Brandt and Edmunds, Bill (2001) Driving Draft Horses DVD, Rural Heritage Video, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ISBN 978-1-893707-31-3
  • Damerow, Gail and Rice, Alina (2008) Draft Horses and Mules: Harnessing Equine Power for Farm & Show Storey Publishing, North Adams, Massachusetts, ISBN 978-1-60342-081-5

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Translations: Teamster
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kusk, chauffør

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrachtwagen- chauffeur

Français (French)
n. - (US) routier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lastkraftfahrer, Lkw-Fahrer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζευγάς, ζευγολάτης, (ΗΠΑ) οδηγός φορτηγού (κν. φορτηγατζής)

Italiano (Italian)
camionista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - carroceiro (m), motorista (m) de caminhão (E.U.A.)

Русский (Russian)
(амер.) водитель грузовика

Español (Spanish)
n. - camionero, cochero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kusk, lastbils-, långtradarchaufför

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
赶一群牲畜者, 卡车驾驶员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 趕一群牲畜者, 卡車駕駛員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 팀의 우두머리, 트럭운전사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 御者, トラック運転手

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سائق زوج ألخيل أو ألثيران‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עגלון, נהג משאית‬

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