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Teamster vs Beamster - What's the difference?

teamster | beamster |

As nouns the difference between teamster and beamster

is that teamster is a person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen) while beamster is a workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.

teamster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).
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    • 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.
  • (US) A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster)

    • beamster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.
    • The beamsters bending to their tasks. ? Harper's Magazine.