commuter

noun

com·​mut·​er kə-ˈmyü-tər How to pronounce commuter (audio)
1
: a person who commutes (as between a suburb and a city)
2
: a small airline that carries passengers relatively short distances on a regular schedule

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The commuter hall is reminiscent of that of the original station, complete with high ceilings, iron and glass entrances, and a replica of the original clock; it would be connected within the James A. Farley Post Office via an underground tunnel to Moynihan Train Hall. Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 13 Mar. 2025 On average, commuters spend about 70 minutes in bumper-to-bumper traffic on their way from Tracy and other communities in San Joaquin County to jobs in the Bay Area. Jerry McNerney, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025 The place had been packed with energetic young Chinese commuters, shoppers and families, but suddenly, new stores opened to suit an older audience who wanted to engage with commerce in a different way. Tim Wragg, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 Their latest move to stop congestion pricing is an unprecedented and baseless reversal that ignores the facts, threatens construction jobs and billions in infrastructure investment, and disrupts a program that is already benefiting millions of commuters in New York and New Jersey. Betsy Plum, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for commuter

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of commuter was circa 1859

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“Commuter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commuter. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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