longshoreman
noun
long·shore·man
ˈlȯŋ-ˌshȯr-mən 
ˌlȯŋ-ˈ
: a person who loads and unloads ships at a seaport
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the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
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Heroic lead character and longshoreman Terry Malloy stands up to rackets boss Johnny Friendly, gets beaten bloody, and in the final reel leads his fellow longshoremen back into the brutal purgatory of the big city docks.
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Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Dockworkers and longshoremen struck a tentative deal Wednesday night to avoid a damaging strike ahead of a looming January deadline.
—Sophia Vento, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
Port strike has thousands of dockworkers on the picket lines 02:52
A more typical longshoreman's salary can exceed $100,000, but not without logging substantial overtime hours.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Thousands of longshoremen and dockworkers along the Eastern seaboard of the United States and the Gulf Coast walked off the job on Tuesday after the International Longshoremen's Association failed to reach contract agreements with the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents the ports.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Dockworkers and longshoremen struck a tentative deal Wednesday night to avoid a damaging strike ahead of a looming January deadline.
—Sophia Vento, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
Port strike has thousands of dockworkers on the picket lines 02:52
A more typical longshoreman's salary can exceed $100,000, but not without logging substantial overtime hours.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Thousands of longshoremen and dockworkers along the Eastern seaboard of the United States and the Gulf Coast walked off the job on Tuesday after the International Longshoremen's Association failed to reach contract agreements with the United States Maritime Alliance, which represents the ports.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Longshoreman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longshoreman. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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longshoreman
noun
long·shore·man
ˈlȯŋ-ˈshōr-mən
-ˈshȯr-
: one who loads and unloads ships at a port : stevedore
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