teamstern.

Brit.

/ˈtiːmstə/, U.S.

/ˈtimstər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: team n., -ster suffix.

Etymology: < team n. + -ster suffix. Compare earlier teamer n.

1. A person who owns, or is employed to drive, a team of draught animals, esp. a team of horses or oxen used to pull a plough, cart, etc. Cf. teamer n. 1. Now historical.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker > driver of a team of draught animals

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of team of animals

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1758 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 498/2 Capt. Spencer..and his party were escorting 38 teams, 4 oxen to a team; they have killed all the oxen, but the teamsters mostly escaped.

1779 Rec. 17 Aug. in Rep. Rec. Commissioners City of Boston (1895) 82 Thomas Chase..had agreed with a Number of Teamsters for the Publick service, at the rate of eighteen Shillings a Mile.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 219 Drovers and teamsters who travel that road.

1839 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. xiv. 144 In using the harrow, the teamster should understand the object, and take care to accomplish it.

1944 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. S. Austral. 47 xii. July 554/1 A tractor driver can be obtained from a casual labour source; to get the best from horses a teamster needs to be a permanent employee.

1981 N. P. Hardeman Shucks, Shocks, & Hominy Blocks vi. 67 Roots and grass clumps incessantly clogged the harrow teeth, and the teamster frequently cleared them by..lifting the rig in motion.

2006 S. Bowers & M. Steward Farming with Horses vii. 126/1 When the team is in longitudinal alignment, both horses equally share the pressure exerted by the teamster.

2. North American.

a. A person employed to transport goods or freight (originally by means of a horse-drawn wagon, etc., later in a motor vehicle). Hence in later use: a truck driver, a lorry driver.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > lorry driver

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1805 Goshen (Indiana) Weekly News 5 Jan. Samuel Salsbury, a teamster.., fell from his wagon at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and sustained a severe cut on the back of his head.

1834 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 10 Feb. An unlucky teamster from ‘up country’, who was on his way to this place with his wagon load of hay, met with the following series of mishaps.

1907 J. London Iron Heel x. 169 The teamsters' strike had been broken.

1957 Economist 28 Sept. 1024/1 The convention of the teamsters—as lorry drivers are still called.

1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Nov. 32/2 Artyomov says he was..‘the son of a truck driver’. He pauses for a beat, and adds, ‘a teamster’.

2014 J. Foreman Nation in Pain vii. 126 He initially wanted to get a job in law enforcement.., but the pay was too low. So he became a teamster, driving trucks for $18.50 an hour.

b. spec. Frequently with capital initial. A member of any of various trade unions representing teamsters (sense 2a), or of the Teamsters Union in particular (cf. teamsters' union n. at Compounds). In plural (with the): the Teamsters Union.

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1878 New Harmony (Indiana) Reg. 1 Feb. At a meeting of the teamsters of New Harmony,..Mr. John Sheperd was elected President.

1894 N.-Y. Times 12 July 2/1 Of those who went out to-day among the trades unions were the German bakers, the teamsters,..cloakmakers, and bricklayers.

1900 Amer. Federationist Feb. 48/1 Trade unions..which have, during the year 1899, obtained charters from the American Federation of Labor, as follows:..The Truck Drivers, with 40 members; The Teamsters, with 293; [etc.].

1964 Life 15 May 46/4 But to get back to my becoming a Teamster.

1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 100/3 The 8,000 sanitationmen represented by a local of the teamsters, usually the most truculent of city unions, are still participating in the coalition talks.

1987 S. Barr & J. Poppy Flame xi. 81 At last I was a Real Man to my stepfather, a Teamster, Local 234, who came home sweaty.

2008 S. Hamilton Trucking Country vi. 167 The Teamsters were nothing if not hard-nosed business unionists who would accept such a change only if it came with higher wages.

Compounds

teamsters' union n. North American any of various trade unions representing teamsters (sense 2a); spec. (in form Teamsters Union) the union for this purpose established in 1903 (officially the International Brotherhood of Teamsters), whose membership now also includes a wide range of manual and professional workers.

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1871 Delphi (Indiana) Jrnl. 7 June 1/7 The Teamsters' Union, of Indianapolis, has perfected an organization, and now has fifty-four members.

1900 Amer. Federationist Apr. 114/1 Delegates from the miners', tailors', teamsters', clerks', and artizans' unions.

1913 Rep. Proc. 33rd Ann. Convent. Amer. Federation of Labor 337/2 There never had been any question as to the right of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to take in what are commonly called soft-drink teamsters. Vice-President Mitchell..said,..‘This matter came to the Executive Council as a result of a resolution introduced by members of the Teamsters Union.’

1958 Daily Express 29 Aug. 4/2 This type of entertainment is as suspect as the Teamsters' Union.

1989 E. Innes & L. Southwick-Trask Financial Post turning it Around ii. 19 There were 14 different union contracts within White Pass, mainly with the tough Teamsters union.

2006 Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. 4 He had published The Enemy Within, taking on Jimmy Hoffa and his racket-ridden Teamsters Union.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	teamster
释义	teamstern. Brit. /ˈtiːmstə/, U.S. /ˈtimstər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: team n., -ster suffix. Etymology: < team n. + -ster suffix. Compare earlier teamer n. 1. A person who owns, or is employed to drive, a team of draught animals, esp. a team of horses or oxen used to pull a plough, cart, etc. Cf. teamer n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker > driver of a team of draught animals goadman1606 goad-groom1614 teamer1696 teamster1758 team man1763 goadsman1788 teamsman1792 voorloper1837 mule skinner1870 swamper1870 tracer1899 skinner1910 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of team of animals teamer1696 teamster1758 team man1763 1758 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 498/2 Capt. Spencer..and his party were escorting 38 teams, 4 oxen to a team; they have killed all the oxen, but the teamsters mostly escaped. 1779 Rec. 17 Aug. in Rep. Rec. Commissioners City of Boston (1895) 82 Thomas Chase..had agreed with a Number of Teamsters for the Publick service, at the rate of eighteen Shillings a Mile. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 219 Drovers and teamsters who travel that road. 1839 J. Buel Farmer's Compan. xiv. 144 In using the harrow, the teamster should understand the object, and take care to accomplish it. 1944 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. S. Austral. 47 xii. July 554/1 A tractor driver can be obtained from a casual labour source; to get the best from horses a teamster needs to be a permanent employee. 1981 N. P. Hardeman Shucks, Shocks, & Hominy Blocks vi. 67 Roots and grass clumps incessantly clogged the harrow teeth, and the teamster frequently cleared them by..lifting the rig in motion. 2006 S. Bowers & M. Steward Farming with Horses vii. 126/1 When the team is in longitudinal alignment, both horses equally share the pressure exerted by the teamster. 2. North American. a. A person employed to transport goods or freight (originally by means of a horse-drawn wagon, etc., later in a motor vehicle). Hence in later use: a truck driver, a lorry driver. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > lorry driver teamster1805 truck-driver1907 lorry driver1926 skinner1929 truckie1958 trucker1961 1805 Goshen (Indiana) Weekly News 5 Jan. Samuel Salsbury, a teamster.., fell from his wagon at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and sustained a severe cut on the back of his head. 1834 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 10 Feb. An unlucky teamster from ‘up country’, who was on his way to this place with his wagon load of hay, met with the following series of mishaps. 1907 J. London Iron Heel x. 169 The teamsters' strike had been broken. 1957 Economist 28 Sept. 1024/1 The convention of the teamsters—as lorry drivers are still called. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Nov. 32/2 Artyomov says he was..‘the son of a truck driver’. He pauses for a beat, and adds, ‘a teamster’. 2014 J. Foreman Nation in Pain vii. 126 He initially wanted to get a job in law enforcement.., but the pay was too low. So he became a teamster, driving trucks for $18.50 an hour. b. spec. Frequently with capital initial. A member of any of various trade unions representing teamsters (sense 2a), or of the Teamsters Union in particular (cf. teamsters' union n. at Compounds). In plural (with the): the Teamsters Union. ΚΠ 1878 New Harmony (Indiana) Reg. 1 Feb. At a meeting of the teamsters of New Harmony,..Mr. John Sheperd was elected President. 1894 N.-Y. Times 12 July 2/1 Of those who went out to-day among the trades unions were the German bakers, the teamsters,..cloakmakers, and bricklayers. 1900 Amer. Federationist Feb. 48/1 Trade unions..which have, during the year 1899, obtained charters from the American Federation of Labor, as follows:..The Truck Drivers, with 40 members; The Teamsters, with 293; [etc.]. 1964 Life 15 May 46/4 But to get back to my becoming a Teamster. 1978 N.Y. Mag. 3 Apr. 100/3 The 8,000 sanitationmen represented by a local of the teamsters, usually the most truculent of city unions, are still participating in the coalition talks. 1987 S. Barr & J. Poppy Flame xi. 81 At last I was a Real Man to my stepfather, a Teamster, Local 234, who came home sweaty. 2008 S. Hamilton Trucking Country vi. 167 The Teamsters were nothing if not hard-nosed business unionists who would accept such a change only if it came with higher wages. Compounds teamsters' union n. North American any of various trade unions representing teamsters (sense 2a); spec. (in form Teamsters Union) the union for this purpose established in 1903 (officially the International Brotherhood of Teamsters), whose membership now also includes a wide range of manual and professional workers. ΚΠ 1871 Delphi (Indiana) Jrnl. 7 June 1/7 The Teamsters' Union, of Indianapolis, has perfected an organization, and now has fifty-four members. 1900 Amer. Federationist Apr. 114/1 Delegates from the miners', tailors', teamsters', clerks', and artizans' unions. 1913 Rep. Proc. 33rd Ann. Convent. Amer. Federation of Labor 337/2 There never had been any question as to the right of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to take in what are commonly called soft-drink teamsters. Vice-President Mitchell..said,..‘This matter came to the Executive Council as a result of a resolution introduced by members of the Teamsters Union.’ 1958 Daily Express 29 Aug. 4/2 This type of entertainment is as suspect as the Teamsters' Union. 1989 E. Innes & L. Southwick-Trask Financial Post turning it Around ii. 19 There were 14 different union contracts within White Pass, mainly with the tough Teamsters union. 2006 Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. 4 He had published The Enemy Within, taking on Jimmy Hoffa and his racket-ridden Teamsters Union. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1758
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