teamster

From team +‎ -ster.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtim.stɚ/

teamster (plural teamsters)

1. A person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen).
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 7, in Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219:

     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.

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

• teamster at OneLook Dictionary Search
• teamster in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911