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Teamster vs Trucker - What's the difference?

teamster | trucker |

As nouns the difference between teamster and trucker

is that teamster is a member of the teamsters labour union, usually a truck driver while trucker is one who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat or trucker can be one who drives a truck or trucker can be (archaic|or|dialectal) one who trucks or trafficks, by trade of goods; a trafficker.

As an adjective trucker is

dishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty.

teamster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • (US) A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster)

    • trucker

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . Compare (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
  • A rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well.
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Dishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who drives a truck.

    • Synonyms

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    Etymology 3

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, or, dialectal) One who trucks or trafficks, by trade of goods; a trafficker.
    • No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls. — South.