long-hauler noun2 •A truck driver who covers long distances to deliver goods, often being away from home for extended periods of time.A run-down truck stop on an old tobacco highway. Long-haulers eating breakfasts in corners. A church group in the gift shop. — 2010 •A COVID-19 patient who is suffering from the symptoms of the disease for a significantly longer period than the average.Fourteen months later, battling chronic effects of the deadly coronavirus and saddled with permanent viral-induced asthma, she is labeled a long-hauler. — 2021 formslong-haulers
