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
The caps proved popular with dockworkers, shipwrights and bandits, and, over time, the baker boy hat became synonymous with the newsboy cap (which was actually worn by boys working at newsstands).
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Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
The search effort intensified Friday after authorities confirmed that a dockworker had come forward with the kayak and paddle believed to belong to Valencia.
—Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
The head of the dockworkers union praised President-elect Trump for his support amid contract negotiations with port operators, particularly on the issue of automation.
—Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
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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Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
The search effort intensified Friday after authorities confirmed that a dockworker had come forward with the kayak and paddle believed to belong to Valencia.
—Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
The head of the dockworkers union praised President-elect Trump for his support amid contract negotiations with port operators, particularly on the issue of automation.
—Taylor Giorno, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dockworker
Noun
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Finish the night at Sunny’s Bar, a neighborhood institution that first served longshoremen more than 100 years ago.—
Ellen Carpenter,
AFAR Media,
17 July 2025
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The restaurant started in 1904 by serving lunches to the longshoremen who worked the Brooklyn docks.—
Florence Fabricant,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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The jobs reflected in the survey include dockworkers, stevedores, truck drivers, financing and administrative positions.—
Tom Hudson,
Sun Sentinel,
10 July 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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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dockworker. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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