- longshoreman
- long|shore|man [ `lɔŋ,ʃɔrmən ] (plural long|shore|men [ `lɔŋ,ʃɔrmən ] ) noun count AMERICANsomeone whose job is to put goods on and take goods off ships. British docker
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longshoreman — long‧shore‧man [ˈlɒŋʆɔːmən ǁ ˈlɒːŋʆɔːr ] noun longshoremen PLURALFORM [ mən] [countable] JOBS TRANSPORT someone whose job is to load and unload ships STEVEDORE DOCKER … Financial and business terms
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
longshoreman — 1811, shortening of alongshore (1779) + MAN (Cf. man) … Etymology dictionary
longshoreman — [lôŋ′shôr΄mən] n. pl. longshoremen [lôŋ′shôr΄mən] [ LONGSHORE + MAN] a person whose work is loading and unloading ships; stevedore … English World dictionary
longshoreman — UK [ˈlɒŋˌʃɔː(r)mən] / US [ˈlɔŋˌʃɔrmən] noun [countable] Word forms longshoreman : singular longshoreman plural longshoremen UK [ˈlɒŋʃɔː(r)mən] / US [ˈlɔŋˌʃɔrmən] American a docker … English dictionary
longshoreman — See longshoreman, stevedore … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
longshoreman — [[t]lɒ̱ŋʃɔː(r)mən, AM lɔ͟ːŋ [/t]] longshoremen N COUNT A longshoreman is a person who works in the docks, loading and unloading ships. [AM] (in BRIT, use docker) … English dictionary
Longshoreman's hook — Longshoreman’s hook Longshoreman s hook carried in belt … Wikipedia
Longshoreman’s hook — A Longshoreman s hook, also known as a box hook, cargo hook, loading hook, or docker s hook is a tool historically used by longshoremen (stevedores). The tool consists of a round wooden handle with a strong metal hook about 8 long projecting at a … Wikipedia
longshoreman, stevedore — These words are used interchangeably, but to discriminating users of language a longshoreman (the word longshore is a variant of alongshore) is someone employed to load and unload vessels. A stevedore (a word derived from a Spanish term meaning… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
longshoreman — noun Etymology: longshore, short for alongshore Date: 1811 a person who loads and unloads ships at a seaport … New Collegiate Dictionary
