dock worker

Noun

Meaning

a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

docker lumper loader longshoreman dockworker stevedore dockhand dock-walloper Paul Bunyan Dockers wife beater longshoremen tank top at the docks wharfie

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Hypernyms

jack laborer labourer manual laborer

Examples

I just have this deep kind of connection to reality of being like... in a way, I feel like a dock worker. I want to stay in connection with my dock-worker side, 'cause that's how I grew up. Eddie Vedder

Close letter words and terms

dock master dock pudding dock warrant dock workers dock-cress dock-walloper