as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
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Recent Examples of longshoreman
His father, Isaac, was a longshoreman, and his mother, Ethel Lee (Smith) Randle, worked in the garment industry.
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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
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
Holt Logistics employs about 500 workers at the Port of Philadelphia, where longshoremen unpack and load products like fruit from around the world — produce destined for supermarkets across the U.S.
—Tom Hanson, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
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
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
Holt Logistics employs about 500 workers at the Port of Philadelphia, where longshoremen unpack and load products like fruit from around the world — produce destined for supermarkets across the U.S.
—Tom Hanson, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longshoreman
Noun
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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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Trump weighed in last month on the automation issue via his social media platform Truth Social after meeting with Daggett at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, siding with dockworkers.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Kwan | Getty Images Shares of 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, staving off a potential strike.—
Karen Gilchrist,Sophie Kiderlin,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Longshoreman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longshoreman. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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