cabdriver

noun

cab·​driv·​er ˈkab-ˌdrī-vər How to pronounce cabdriver (audio)
: a driver of a cab

Examples of cabdriver in a Sentence

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In July, 1967, when a Black cabdriver named John William Smith was arrested by two white police officers and beaten, what started as a protest evolved into almost a week of arson, looting, and urban guerrilla warfare. Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Vargas, who had spent decades working as a cabdriver in New York, felt that there needed to be age limits. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024 There’s a bit of theatre to this process, in which a cast of supposedly regular people—cabdrivers, people in diners, truck drivers, elementary-school teachers—is paraded upon a stage so that each can deliver a soliloquy about the candidates and the state of the nation. Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024 The cabdriver—a scrawny older man—drives rapidly and erratically, cutting off other vehicles, muttering imprecations in an unfamiliar language under his breath, swerving in and out of lanes, blowing his horn to force laggard drivers to let him by. Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for cabdriver 

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cabdriver was in 1825

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“Cabdriver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabdriver. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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cabdriver

noun
cab·​driv·​er ˈkab-ˌdrī-vər How to pronounce cabdriver (audio)
: a driver of a cab

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