1North American A labourer, especially one employed as a general assistant to a riverboat captain.
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Because they could pull two wagons and a water tender if needed with a two-man crew, a teamster and a swamper, they cut desert freighting labor costs by half.
To turn right in Vietnam, the signal light is thoughtfully activated, a swamper in the passenger seat warns the motorcycles of a right-hand turn with a downward waving of his hand, and the vehicle turns right - from the far left lane.
1.1A worker who trims felled trees and clears a road for lumberers in a forest.
〈北美〉木材修剪工；（林场）清理线路工
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The boss, his lieutenants, the cook, and cookees sit in front; lowly ‘swampers,’ or road builders, with their double-bitted axes, stand out-of-focus at the rear.
2US A native or inhabitant of a swampy region.
〈美〉沼泽地居民
Definition of swamper in US English:
swamper
nounˈswämpər
dated, informal
1North American A laborer, especially one employed as a general assistant to a riverboat captain.
Example sentencesExamples
Because they could pull two wagons and a water tender if needed with a two-man crew, a teamster and a swamper, they cut desert freighting labor costs by half.
To turn right in Vietnam, the signal light is thoughtfully activated, a swamper in the passenger seat warns the motorcycles of a right-hand turn with a downward waving of his hand, and the vehicle turns right - from the far left lane.
1.1A worker who trims felled trees and clears a road for lumberers in a forest.
〈北美〉木材修剪工；（林场）清理线路工
Example sentencesExamples
The boss, his lieutenants, the cook, and cookees sit in front; lowly ‘swampers,’ or road builders, with their double-bitted axes, stand out-of-focus at the rear.