trucker
SubstantivAdjektivSubstantivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
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- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈtɹʌkɚ//
One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
Substantiv
- 1
One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
- 2
A rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well.
Herkunft
From Middle English *trukere (“one who disappoints, a deceiver”), from Middle English trukien (“to fail, run out, disappoint”), equivalent to truck (“to fail”) + -er (agent noun suffix). Compare trooker.
Adjektiv
- 1
Dishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty.
Substantiv
- 1
umgangssprachlichA truck driver.
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll." So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight. I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4!"
Thousands of truckers participated in the so-called Freedom Convoy, fighting a Covid-19 mandate that requires all Canadian truckers crossing the US-Canadian border to be fully vaccinated or quarantine in their homes for two weeks when they return. […] People show their support for a trucker as he leaves downtown Ottawa on February 19.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō) Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los) Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)der. Medieval Latin trochleader. Anglo-Norman troclebor. Middle English trokel English truckle? English truck Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English trucker From truck (“a vehicle”) + -er (occupational suffix).
Substantiv
- 1
altertümlichOne 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.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō) Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los) Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)der. Medieval Latin trochleader. Anglo-Norman troclebor. Middle English trokel English truckle? English truck Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English trucker From truck (“to barter, trade”) + -er (agent noun suffix).
Formen
- Plural
- truckers
- Komparativ
- more trucker
- Superlativ
- most trucker
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