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A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dockworker
Antonyms: none provided
One who makes a living along the shore by oyster-fishing, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stevedore, loader, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
From alongshoreman, from alongshore + -man.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
докер
(doker)
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Finnish:
ahtaaja
— man employed to load and unload ships
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French:
docker
— man employed to load and unload ships
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German:
Schauerleute
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Italian:
camallo
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Italian:
scaricatore di porto
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Japanese:
中仕
(nakashi)
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Macedonian:
докер
(doker)
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Norwegian Bokmål:
havnearbeider
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bryggearbeider
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Plautdietsch:
Howenoabeida
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Polish:
portowiec
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Polish:
doker
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Portuguese:
estivador
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Romanian:
docher
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Romanian:
portuar
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Russian:
до́кер
(dóker)
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Russian:
гру́зчик
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Spanish:
estibador
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Swedish:
hamnarbetare
— man employed to load and unload ships
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Swedish:
stuveriarbetare
— man employed to load and unload ships