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longshore

longshore

6.7
A worker who loads and unloads ships at a port
  • noun
  • /ˈlɔŋˌʃɔr/
  • US
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Examples

  • According to Longshore et al. (1992), what appears to have occurred over time is that there are fewer differences in access to drug treatment between Hispanic and non-Hispanic drug users than there were a decade ago.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Many of the scales developed to measure ethnic identity have been group-specific (e.g., Chen, 1989; Grills & Longshore, 1996; Parham & Helms, 1981).

    Academic text (2002)

  • Hser, Y. I., Anglin, M. D., Grella, C., Longshore, D., & Prendergast, M. L. (1997). Drug treatment careers: A conceptual framework and existing research findings. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 14, 543-558.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The longshore workers skillfully loaded the cargo onto the ship as the sun began to rise.

  • Every morning, a team of longshore men gathers at the dock to unload shipments from incoming vessels.

  • After a long day of work, the longshore laborers finally finished unloading the last crate from the cargo ship.

Synonyms

longshoreman
vslongshore
  • US
7 8.1

A person who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port

is the shorter common form of that same job title
dockworker
vslongshore
5 4.2

A person who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port

is a shorter common name for that dock loading role
stevedore
vslongshore
4 9.9

A person who loads and unloads ships at a port

is the shorter everyday term for the same port loading job
loader
vslongshore
2 3.2

A person who moves goods onto and off ships at a port

is the short term focused specifically on port ship work
docker
vslongshore
  • UK
2 4.3

A person who loads and unloads ships at a port

is a shorter everyday term for that same port job
dockhand
vslongshore
1 6.7

A person who loads and unloads ships at a dock

is the short common word used for that dock job
dock-walloper
vslongshore
  • Archaic
9.9

A worker who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port

is the same role expressed in more informal or regional language
longshorewoman
vslongshore
8.7

A woman who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port

is the short form referring generally to the same port job
wharfman
vslongshore
  • Archaic
8.1

A person who works at a wharf or dock loading and unloading ships

is the short term applying to the same cargo handling job generally
lumper
vslongshore
  • US
9.2

A worker who loads and unloads goods at a port or warehouse

is the short term used mainly for port ship loading rather than warehouses

Surface Forms

longshore singular
longshores plural

Morphology

longshore = longshoreman (opaque) = long + shore

The noun is a clipped form of 'longshoreman', and its dockworker meaning is lexicalized rather than predictable from 'long' + 'shore' alone.

Etymology

The word longshore as a worker is short for longshoreman, made from long and shore meaning someone who works 'along the shore', so a longshore is a port worker who loads and unloads ships.