Dockworker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dockworker is a noun meaning A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
Meaning
A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
Example Sentences
The East Coast dockworkers understand what’s happening around the world.
Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons. The mob violence and union corruption that long defined the piers were part of the underpinnings of the classic 1954 movie “On the Waterfront.”
Word Forms
- dockworkers
- dock worker
Synonyms for dockworker
Depending on context, synonyms include docker, stevedore, longshoreman, wharfie.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dockers, dockman, shipworker, stevedore, weigher, longshoreman.
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