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truck driver

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Also known as truckie, lorry driver, trucker, driver, truck drivers

person who earns a living as the driver of a truck

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Encyclopedic overview

A truck driver driving a semi-truck in the Netherlands A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; an HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck, which is commonly defined as a large goods vehicle (LGV) or heavy goods vehicle (HGV) (usually a semi truck, box truck, or dump truck).

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “truck driver” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.