Definition of "freighters" []

• Plural form of freighter. (noun)

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• "Some of them are quite well-to-do, owning horses and wagons bought and paid for by themselves, and following the occupation of "freighters," hauling all the supplies for the agencies from the railroads, and receiving the same rates of payment for the work as the white men engaged in the same business."
• "Miners discussed it around their camp-fires, and "freighters" on their long slow journeys over the mountain trails argued _pro_ and"
• "Any threat to our freighters is a threat to our entire planet. ""