swamper

[ swom-per ]

noun

1. Informal. a person who inhabits, works in, or is exceptionally familiar with swamps.
2. a general assistant or laborer; menial.
3. a person who trims felled trees into logs at a logging camp or sawmill.
4. Citizens Band Radio Slang. a motorist or truck driver, especially one using a CB radio.

swamper

/ ˈswɒmpə /

noun

1. 1. a person who lives or works in a swampy region, esp in the southern US
   2. a person who clears a swamp of trees and undergrowth or who clears a path in a forest for transporting logs

Word History and Origins

Origin of swamper¹

First recorded in 1715–25; swamp + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The swamper dashed the moisture from his eyes and summoned a look of stubborn resolve.

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The principal tavern there stands on that corner of the court-house square to which the swamper would naturally come first.

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But what Sam was, in the opinion of the swamper, Val never learned, for at that moment Ricky burst from between two bushes.

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The swamper's face was bruised and there was a smear of dried blood across one cheek as if he had already been roughly handled.

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Sam had started for the house, carrying Jeems as if the long-legged swamper was the same age and size as his own small son.

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