Haulers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals or vehicles that carry goods or products from one location to another over varying distances
2. Workers or machinery responsible for moving cargo from place to place
3. Agents or means of carrying objects or freight between destinations

Etymology: "Haulers" is the plural of "hauler", a noun for a vehicle or person that carries cargo. The base word is "haul", which came into English from Middle English "halen", a verb meaning to pull or drag by force. The "-er" ending turned that action into the agent noun form, so a hauler is literally one who hauls. The singular form has a close relative. "Haulier", the British term for a road transport firm or its driver, is a doublet of "hauler": both descend from the same Middle English "halere", but they split into two spellings and settled into slightly different uses.

Synonyms: carriers, transporters, movers

Antonyms: unloaders, droppers