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
In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the river was a bustling hub of trade, crime and traffic, with sailors, merchants, shipwrights, dockworkers, ropemakers, lightermen, fishers and oyster wives rubbing shoulders on its banks.
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Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
As cargo entering major U.S. West Coast ports starts to slow down amid a deceleration in Chinese imports, the union representing dockworkers across the ocean freight hubs has made its opinion clear on where is stands on President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Apr. 2025
That is comparable to the pay for dockworkers on the West Coast, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose wages will rise to nearly $61 in 2027.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Denmark’s Moller-Maersk fell 5.8% amid a wider sell-off in shipping stocks after a tentative labor deal was stuck by U.S. dockworkers.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
As cargo entering major U.S. West Coast ports starts to slow down amid a deceleration in Chinese imports, the union representing dockworkers across the ocean freight hubs has made its opinion clear on where is stands on President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Apr. 2025
That is comparable to the pay for dockworkers on the West Coast, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, whose wages will rise to nearly $61 in 2027.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Denmark’s Moller-Maersk fell 5.8% amid a wider sell-off in shipping stocks after a tentative labor deal was stuck by U.S. dockworkers.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockworker
Noun
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The Hill has contacted a Trump transition spokeswoman to ask if the president-elect would consider invoking the Taft-Hartley Act if the longshoremen strike.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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The drop off in activity means fewer jobs for longshoremen and truckers, and down the line, higher prices for consumers, the representatives said.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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His father was a stevedore and his mother an autodidact who aspired to something better than the prefab house where her family lived.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Docks depended on a circulating pool of male maritime workers—crews of seamen and stokers who manned the tramp steamers, gangs of longshoremen, and stevedores who loaded and unloaded goods, as well as artisans and machinists who maintained and repaired the ships and trains.—
Michael Denning,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Aug. 2015
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworker. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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