Meaning

3 senses
  1. A servant who carries things; a porter.

    Tell the schlepper to take it up to your hotel room.

  2. (derogatory)One who wanders aimlessly.

    I can't interest the little schlepper in doing his homework.

  3. (derogatory)Any manual laborer, or other lowly employee.

    He's just a schlepper!

More definitions
  • (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person

Origin

From schlep + -er. Borrowed from Yiddish שלעפּער (shleper).

From schlep + -er.

Borrowed from Yiddish שלעפּער (shleper).

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Forms

plural: schleppers
Singularschlepper
Pluralschleppers

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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