Meaning & use
drayer
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A person who drives or transports goods on a dray, a low, sturdy cart without sides.
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The drayer hauled barrels of beer from the brewery to the docks each morning.
Before trucks replaced them, drayers moved freight through the city streets by horse-drawn cart.
A note on using this word
Drayer is a rare agent noun formed from 'dray,' a flatbed cart historically used for hauling heavy loads.
Words with a similar meaning
carterhauler
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