longshoreman
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈlɔŋˌʃɔrmən/
- US
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estibador
- As a longshoreman, he spent his days loading cargo onto ships at the bustling port.
So I never thought I'd see Elon Musk on the same page with the longshoremen union.
- So I never thought I'd see Elon Musk on the same page with the longshoremen union.
- I mean, the New York City used to have thousands and thousands of longshoremen taking stuff off, off ships and putting them on ships.
- He was a longshoreman lawyer for the longshoreman and those guys are are not to be crossed.
- We have just gone through a weird spasm where for the first time in a long time people have thought about longshoremen.
Examples
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Deandre Fulcher is new to the merchant marines after work as a longshoreman in Norfolk dried up.
Blog text (26) -
The dock boss turns to the longshoreman and tells him to load the grapes in the truck onto the ship.
Academic text (1995) -
I was a longshoreman for nine years, and then I quit last year.
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My dad was a longshoreman.
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Come on, Stace, he was a longshoreman for 30 years.
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I mean, the New York City used to have thousands and thousands of longshoremen taking stuff off, off ships and putting them on ships.
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The longshoreman tells the dock boss he is not going to cross a picket line in order to load the grapes.
Academic text (1995) -
My daddy used to be a longshoreman in San Francisco, and he picketed together with thousands of Chinese and white people, although he is of Japanese descent.
Academic text (2003) -
Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman philosopher, observed that people who are focused on earning a living are very resistant to ideologues.
Blog text (31) -
Joining him in this venture was Richard Mullins, a fellow longshoreman, who accompanied Burke on several trips to Savannah.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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4.2
A person who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port
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9.9
A person who loads and unloads ships at a port
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2.1
A person who loads and unloads ships at a dock
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3.2
A person who moves goods onto and off ships at a port
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4.3
A person who loads and unloads ships at a port
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6.7
A person who loads and unloads ships at a dock
A worker who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port
A worker who loads and unloads ships at a port
A woman who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port
A person who works at a wharf or dock loading and unloading ships
A worker who loads and unloads goods at a port or warehouse
A worker who lifts and moves heavy goods at a port
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word longshoreman comes from the parts long, shore, and man, where long once meant 'along' and shore means the land by the water, so it named a man who worked 'along the shore' moving goods. That's why today a longshoreman is a worker at a port who loads and unloads cargo from ships.