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dockworker

noun

ˈdäk-ˌwər-kər

Definition of dockworker

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 For 17 generations, Wietse Van Der Werf’s forebears toiled as dockworkers, shipbuilders, and sea captains in the Netherlands and its colonies. — Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026 Nicole TungA Burmese dockworker sorting different fish species after a catch from a Thai vessel was unloaded in Ranong, Thailand, in January 2025. — Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 3 May 2026 Mamdani’s current chief of staff Elle Bisgaard-Church will serve as chair, while other new members include a Bronx high school teacher and a former dockworker. — Laura Nahmias, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026 This is good, because Jolyon isn’t even wearing a tie to the office and looks like a dockworker. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dockworker

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Saint played Edie Doyle, whose brother was murdered by thugs working for a mob boss running a longshoremen's union; her character becomes involved with Brando's pugilistic dockworker Terry Malloy.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Sam Rockwell, Marin Ireland, and Alfred Molina lead a buzzy revival of the Arthur Miller play — about a Red Hook longshoreman whose protectiveness toward his teenage niece metastasizes into violent obsession — at, of all places, La MaMa.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

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