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longshoreman

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who makes a living along the shore by oyster-fishing, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

History

Etymology

From alongshoreman, from alongshore + -man.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: докер (doker) — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Finnish: ahtaaja — man employed to load and unload ships
  • French: docker — man employed to load and unload ships
  • German: Schauerleute — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Italian: camallo — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Italian: scaricatore di porto — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Japanese: 中仕 (nakashi) — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Macedonian: докер (doker) — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Norwegian Bokmål: havnearbeider — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bryggearbeider — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Plautdietsch: Howenoabeida — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Polish: portowiec — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Polish: doker — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Portuguese: estivador — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Romanian: docher — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Romanian: portuar — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Russian: до́кер (dóker) — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Russian: гру́зчик — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Spanish: estibador — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Swedish: hamnarbetare — man employed to load and unload ships
  • Swedish: stuveriarbetare — man employed to load and unload ships