dockworker

English

Etymology

From dock +‎ worker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dockworker (plural dockworkers)

1. A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

Alternative forms

• dock worker

Synonyms

• stevedore (UK)
• docker
• longshoreman (US)
• wharfie (Australia, New Zealand)

Related terms

• dockworking

Translations

worker at a dock

• Bulgarian: докер m (doker)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碼頭工人／码头工人 (mǎtou gōngrén)

• Finnish: satamatyöntekijä, satamatyöläinen (generally); ahtaaja (fi) (loader and unloader)
• French: docker (fr) m
• German: Hafenarbeiter (de) m
• Irish: dugaire m
• Italian: stivatore m
• Japanese: 港湾労働者 (こうわんろうどうしゃ, kōwan rōdōsha)
• Polish: portowiec (pl) m, doker (pl) m
• Portuguese: estivador (pt) m
• Romanian: docher (ro) m
• Russian: до́кер (ru) m (dóker), порто́вый рабо́чий m (portóvyj rabóčij), порто́вый гру́зчик m (portóvyj grúzčik)
• Swedish: hamnarbetare (sv) c
• Vietnamese: khuân vác (vi)