teamern.
/ˈtiːmə/, U.S. /ˈtimər/ 1. A person who drives a team of draught animals; spec. a person employed to cart or transport goods or other materials by means of a horse-drawn vehicle. Cf. teamster 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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voorloper1837
mule skinner1870
swamper1870
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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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1696 in Cal. State Papers William III Domest. (1913) 292 The porter, master-caulker and ‘teamer’ of Deptford Yard were lately summoned to serve upon juries.
1775 W. Bartlett Let. 11 Dec. in G. Washington Papers (1987) Revolutionary War Ser. II. 529 The Roads being Very bad the Teamers think the Price Stipulated by Our General Court is not Sufficient.
1779 Resolves Mass. Bay 108 Messi'rs Miller and Tracey..hereby are impowered to give Permits to any Teamer or Teamers loaded with Continental Stores, transporting from Town to Town.
1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 391/2 The wagons..when tipped immediately discharging their contents, and leaving none to be shovelled out by the teamers.
1895 Daily News 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.
1917 National Mag. 46 55/1 The freight teamers who drove their six and eight-horse teams to Boston and back.
1920 Titonka (Iowa) Topic 15 July 1/1 The farmers and teamers of this community..are laboring heavy under the constant expense of horse care and work accomplishment.
2011 M. J. Maddigan S. Middleborough iii. 63 Teamers frequently worked as independent contractors unconnected with the mills.
2. A member of a team, esp. a sports team. Chiefly (and earliest) with preceding qualifying word indicating the nature of the team, as first-teamer, second-teamer, etc. See also special teamer n. at special adj., adv., and n. Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > member of
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team player1882
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1924 Iola (Kansas) Daily Reg. 16 Oct. 3/3 The first teamers and the College team, both of which played at Pittsburg yesterday, got beaten.
1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad ii. 32 Loyal teamers, they agreed that..their team leader's should be the only Guidance sought.
1950 Sport 24 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.
1989 L. Holtz & J. Heisler Fighting Spirit (1990) xxiii. 290 I was a third-teamer most of my life.
2005 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 20 May (Sport section) 34 The Greenwich-born player has gone from being a reserve teamer at United to an England squad member.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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