roustabout

Speech parts

1. roustabout - Noun

2. roustabout - Verb

Meaning

A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

deckhand jack docker workman drudge hand cowboy lumper operator servant employee mechanic operative artisan laborer
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Antonyms

dodger barnacle manager dreamer crawler beachcomber
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Hypernyms

jack mariner gob seafarer seaman tar

Examples

Shakespeare takes center stage in The Roustabout Theatre Troupe’s “Shakespeare, You Sexy Beast.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Roussillonese Roussin roust roustabouting rouster Roustom