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teamer|ˈtiːmə(r)|
[f. team n. or v. + -er1.]
1. One who drives a team; a teamster.
1778E. Parkman Diary 26 Dec. (1899) 81 May God extend pity to ye miserable poor,—to Sailors, to Soldiers, to Teamers abroad. 1840Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 391/2 These latter..discharging their contents, and leaving none to be shovelled out by the teamers. 1879Daily News 8 Apr. 3/7 A horse was instantaneously killed by a flying brickbat, but the teamer, who stood near,..escaped uninjured. 1895Ibid. 4 Dec. 3/7, I let my ten acres of glebe to an industrious fellow—once a ‘teamer’ or team man on a farm near by.
2. A member of a team; esp. a member of the first (or second, etc.) team in sport.
1934R. Macaulay Going Abroad ii. 32 Loyal teamers, they agreed that..their team leader's should be the only Guidance sought. 1950Sport 24–30 Mar. 10/1 Phil was in and out of the Liverpool senior side the following season, but was an established first-teamer by 1938–39. 1976Evening Post (Nottingham) 15 Dec. 24/7 Nottingham first teamers Ken MacDonald and Graeme Fraser came back after injury to help Corsairs defeat Nottingham University 36–0 at Beeston last night. |