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Alternative forms

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• dock worker

Etymology

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From dock +‎ worker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dockworker (plural dockworkers)

1. A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight. Synonyms: docker; stevedore (UK), longshoreman (US), wharfie (ANZ) Hypernyms: tradesperson (usually, in modern practice), laborer (historically) < worker < person Hyponyms: dockman, wharfman; wharf rat Coordinate terms: dockmaster, wharfmaster; fieldworker, factoryworker, mineworker
   • 2009 August 13, N. R. Kleinfield, “Dockworkers See Shoe on Other Foot After a Scandal”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 1 May 2015: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.”
   • 2024 October 1, Heather Long, “The real reason 47,000 dockworkers are on strike”, in The Washington Post‎[2], archived from the original on 1 October 2024:The East Coast dockworkers understand what’s happening around the world.

Related terms

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• dockworking

Translations

[edit] worker at a dock

Bulgarian: до́кер m (dóker) Chinese: Mandarin: 碼頭工人 / 码头工人 (mǎtou gōngrén) Czech: dokař m Finnish: satamatyöntekijä, satamatyöläinen (generally); ahtaaja (fi) (loader and unloader) French: docker (fr) m German: Hafenarbeiter (de) m Irish: dugaire m Italian: stivatore m Japanese: 港湾労働者 (こうわんろうどうしゃ, kōwan rōdōsha) Macedonian: докер m (doker) Polish: portowiec (pl) m, doker (pl) m Portuguese: estivador (pt) m Romanian: docher (ro) m Russian: до́кер (ru) m (dóker), порто́вый рабо́чий m (portóvyj rabóčij), порто́вый гру́зчик m (portóvyj grúzčik) Swedish: hamnarbetare (sv) c Vietnamese: khuân vác (vi)

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