Standard Lemma guide

teamster

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈtim.stɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈtim.stɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: T IY1 M S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of the Teamsters labour union, usually a truck driver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

someone who drives a truck as an occupation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trucker, truck driver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: driver

5

noun

Meaning 5

the driver of a team of horses doing hauling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: driver

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English team Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English teamster From team + -ster.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ajaja — driver of oxen
  • Finnish: ajuri — driver of oxen
  • Finnish: ajomies — driver of oxen
  • Portuguese: tropeiro — driver of oxen
  • Serbo-Croatian: volar — driver of oxen
  • Serbo-Croatian: volarica — driver of oxen
  • Spanish: tayacán (Hond.) — driver of oxen
  • Dutch: trucker — person who drives a cargo truck
  • Finnish: rekkakuski — person who drives a cargo truck
  • Finnish: kuorma-autonkuljettaja — person who drives a cargo truck
  • Portuguese: caminhoneiro — person who drives a cargo truck
  • Spanish: tronquista — person who drives a cargo truck