swamper

Meaning

Noun

• A person who lives in a swampy area.
• A person who clears a road for lumberers in a forest or swamp.
• Someone or something that swamps or overwhelms.
• A truck driver's assistant; an assistant to a driver of horses, mules or bullocks.
• a person who travels by foot but has his belongings on a wagon.
• A handyman or general employee in a liquor saloon; a cook's assistant.

Origin

• From swamp + -er.