as in longshoreman
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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Recent Examples of dockworker
Mamdani’s current chief of staff Elle Bisgaard-Church will serve as chair, while other new members include a Bronx high school teacher and a former dockworker.
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Laura Nahmias,
Bloomberg,
16 Apr. 2026
This is good, because Jolyon isn’t even wearing a tie to the office and looks like a dockworker.
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Alice Burton,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
But the statement was not exclusively directed toward the government, but to the dockworkers’ unions as well.
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Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
Cruise ports, as well as starting and end points, can be changed at the last minute for reasons ranging from bad weather to dockworker strikes and beyond.
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Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dockworker
Laura Nahmias,
Bloomberg,
16 Apr. 2026
This is good, because Jolyon isn’t even wearing a tie to the office and looks like a dockworker.
—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
But the statement was not exclusively directed toward the government, but to the dockworkers’ unions as well.
—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
Cruise ports, as well as starting and end points, can be changed at the last minute for reasons ranging from bad weather to dockworker strikes and beyond.
—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dockworker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockworker
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The state of Maryland followed, as did a group of Baltimore longshoremen who filed a class action lawsuit arguing the companies should reimburse them for wages lost while the port was closed.
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Holifield said listeners can also scan the QR code and hear stories from local historians such as Marvin Dunn, whose father was a longshoreman.
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His father, Ryozo, a sumo wrestler from Fukuoka Prefecture, became a stevedore and owner of a dry cleaning shop in Hawaii.
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But then what’s with all the stevedores from central casting?
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworker. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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