trucker

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt(ʃ)ɹʌkɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌkə(r)

From Middle English *trukere (“one who disappoints, a deceiver”), from Middle English trukien (“to fail, run out, disappoint”), equivalent to truck (“to fail”) +‎ -er. Compare trooker.

• truker, trukker, trucour, truiker, treukour (Scotland)

trucker (plural truckers)

1. (derogatory, Britain dialectal) One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
2. (derogatory, Britain dialectal, Scotland) A rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well.

• trucky

trucker (comparative more trucker, superlative most trucker)

1. (derogatory, Britain dialectal, Scotland) Dishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty.

From truck (“a vehicle”) +‎ -er.

trucker (plural truckers)

1. One who drives a truck, especially as an occupation.

• truck driver

From truck (“to barter, trade”) +‎ -er.

trucker (plural truckers)

1. (archaic or dialectal) One who trucks or trafficks, by trade of goods; a trafficker.

   No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls. — South.

From English trucker

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• Hyphenation: truc‧ker
• Rhymes: -ʏkər

trucker m (plural truckers, diminutive truckertje n)

1. trucker: someone who drives a trucker for a living.

• truckbestuurder
• vrachtwagenchauffeur