A driver or operator of a calesa (a light carriage used in Spanish colonial territories).
From Spanish 'calesero,' derived from 'calesa' plus the agent suffix '-ero' meaning 'one who.' The term entered English through colonial Filipino vocabulary.
In colonial Philippines, a calesero was a recognizable trade—like how we say 'taxi driver' today, they said 'calesero' for someone who drove these iconic two-wheelers!
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