teamer
(ˈtiːmə(r))
[f. team n. or v. + -er1.]
1. One who drives a team; a teamster.
| 1778 E. Parkman Diary 26 Dec. (1899) 81 May God extend pity to ye miserable poor,—to Sailors, to Soldiers, to Teamers abroad. 1840 Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 391/2 These latter..discharging their contents, and leaving none to be shovelled out by the teamers. 1879 Daily News 8 Apr. 3/7 A horse was instantaneously killed by a flying brickbat, but the teamer, who stood near,..escaped uninjured. 1895 Ibid. 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. |
2. A member of a team; esp. a member of the first (or second, etc.) team in sport.
| 1934 R. Macaulay Going Abroad ii. 32 Loyal teamers, they agreed that..their team leader's should be the only Guidance sought. 1950 Sport 24–30 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. 1976 Evening Post (Nottingham) 15 Dec. 24/7 Nottingham first teamers Ken MacDonald and Graeme Fraser came back after injury to help Corsairs defeat Nottingham University 36–0 at Beeston last night. |