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nouna person who commutes, especially between home and work. adjectiveof or for commuting; serving commuters: a commuter railroad. of or relating to a flight, plane, or airline that carries passengers over relatively short distances and usually serves small communities. Origin of commuterAn Americanism dating back to 1860–65; commute + -er1 Words nearby commutercommutative group, commutative law, commutator, commutator group, commute, commuter, commuter airplane, commuter belt, commuter marriage, commuter tax, commutual Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for commuterWhen one commuter stands to leave, a businessman outpaces a woman hauling a sizable shopping bag. Leaky Ceilings, Catcalls, and Uncaged Pythons: 4 Hours on NYC’s Worst Subway|Kevin Zawacki|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The result was a perfect storm of commuter congestion where “normal Caracas chaos became absolute mayhem.” Who Will Maduro Blame for Venezuela’s Blackout This Time?|Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Local vendors practically throw themselves in front of the commuter traffic, imploring passengers to take horse rides. Egyptian Tomb-Robbing Market Explodes on eBay|Bel Trew|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was found barely alive in the woods near a commuter train line, still tied up, naked, and badly burned. A Horror Story of True-Life Anti-Semitism in France|Tracy McNicoll|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But among the factory and office workers is a commuter photographed on the London Overground. Why is This London Commuter in an Obama Ad?|Tim Teeman|February 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is an inconvenient world, this distant, darkened, unmapped country of the Commuter. The Face of the Fields|Dallas Lore Sharp Many a commuter, opening his evening paper on the train, looks first of all to see if Archy is in the Dial. Shandygaff|Christopher Morley Again, as a commuter, I see him on the 5.24, flying across "leagues" to his cottage in the "primeval forest" of New Jersey. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces|Joyce Kilmer The Commuter finds his way up a steep road to his home on the hillside, his very own home. The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford As fellow mariners will, we discussed famous breakdowns of old and the uncertainties of the commuter's life. Plum Pudding|Christopher Morley
British Dictionary definitions for commuter
noun- a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance, usually from the suburbs to the centre of a city
- (as modifier)the commuter belt
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to commutertraveler, driver, straphanger, suburbanite |