longshoreman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

longshoreman
    n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn:
         {stevedore}, {loader}, {longshoreman}, {docker},
         {dockhand}, {dock worker}, {dockworker}, {dock-walloper},
         {lumper}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Longshoreman \Long"shore`man\, n.; pl. {Longshoremen}. [Abbrev.
   fr. alongshoreman.]
   One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a
   seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
   [1913 Webster]

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