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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US) A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed..
After that, Mr. Givens thought little more of his illness and returned to work as a longshoreman at the Port of New Orleans.
With hours to go before their labor contract expired, longshoremen on the East and Gulf Coasts prepared on Monday to go on strike at midnight, halting most activity at some of the busiest U.S. ports.
Use longshoreman when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Longshoreman means (US) A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed..
Common synonyms include dockworker, stevedore, docker, lumper.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
After that, Mr. Givens thought little more of his illness and returned to work as a longshoreman at the Port of New Orleans.
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