dockworker

noun

dock·​work·​er ˈdäk-ˌwər-kər How to pronounce dockworker (audio)
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: longshoreman

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the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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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 Davis looked to the 1920s for the collection, drawing on artist Charles Demuth’s depictions of sailors, dockworkers and flappers gathering in speakeasies. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 For all its sailors’ dives and dockworker canteens, Hamburg is also a place of vast wealth, and of the material beauty that its shipping has built. — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026 The resulting brawl seemingly touched every man who might possibly wear a hat, from stockbrokers to dockworkers to police officers. — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 4, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dockworker

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First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dockworker was in 1913

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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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