roadie

noun

road·​ie ˈrō-dē How to pronounce roadie (audio)
: a person who works (as by moving heavy equipment) for traveling entertainers

Examples of roadie in a Sentence

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One of the roadies came out to bang away on the piano, the notes more felt than heard, part of the noise. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024 Some Southerners will undoubtedly show up with their own roadies, and that’s perfectly fine. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024 The four roadies after Sept. 22 — at UCF, at Arizona, at Texas Tech and at Kansas in Kansas City — are all coin flips, so long as the stars are healthy (and aligned). Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 July 2024 In one corner, visitors were queued up to meet Steve Parish, the loquacious and combative longtime roadie known as Big Steve, who hosts his own talk shows on Sirius XM and YouTube. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for roadie 

Word History

Etymology

road + -ie

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of roadie was in 1969

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“Roadie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadie. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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