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longshoreman
[lawng-shawr-muhn, -shohr-, long-]
noun
plural
longshoremena person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
longshoreman
/ ˈɒŋˌʃɔːə /
noun
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): docker.a man employed in the loading or unloading of ships
Gender Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of longshoreman1
Example Sentences
Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the Los Angeles port went without work over the last two weeks.
Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the port went without work over the last two weeks, Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, said in an interview.
The drop off in activity means fewer jobs for longshoremen and truckers, and down the line, higher prices for consumers, the representatives said.
The president was on-hand to crow about a string of economic successes, including the end of a longshoremen's strike and an unexpectedly sunny jobs report.
Under the current contract, longshoremen earn a top rate of $39 an hour.
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When To Use
A longshoreman is a person who works loading and unloading shipping vessels at a dock.A longshoreman can also be called a docker or dockworker. The work of a longshoreman is called longshoring. Although the profession has traditionally been done primarily by men, women also do the job, and one can be called a longshorewoman, a woman longshoreman, or a female longshoreman.Example: When I worked as a longshoreman, I made good money, but the work was exhausting.
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