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DOCKWORKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dockworker mean?
• DOCKWORKER (noun)
The noun DOCKWORKER has 1 sense:
1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Familiarity information: DOCKWORKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dock-walloper; dock worker; docker; dockhand; dockworker; loader; longshoreman; lumper; stevedore
Hypernyms ("dockworker" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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