Library / English Dictionary

DOCKER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Synonyms:

dock-walloper; dock worker; docker; dockhand; dockworker; loader; longshoreman; lumper; stevedore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("docker" is a kind of...):

jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

Derivation:

dock (maneuver into a dock)

dock (come into dock)

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