Thesaurus results for DOCKHAND

dockhand

noun

ˈdäk-ˌhand

Definition of dockhand

as in longshoreman

one who loads and unloads ships at a port a trade embargo that was especially hard on the nation's dockhands

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Recent Examples of dockhand Two of the eight tainted Tylenol bottles came from Jewel stores in the northwest suburbs, though neither had passed through the Melrose Park warehouse where Arnold had long worked for Jewel as a dockhand. — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022 Just stepping onto the log from the dock, then maintaining balance as the log was pushed out into the water by dockhands with poles, looked like a challenge. — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, 19 Aug. 2017

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Noun

Ron Goodacre, a stevedore, a longshoreman — strong, proud, always with a story.

— Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
The play follows Eddie Carbone, a longshoreman living in Brooklyn with his wife Beatrice, whose unhealthy obsession with her teenage niece, Catherine, leads the larger family into ruin.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of longshoreman

Noun

His father, Ryozo, a sumo wrestler from Fukuoka Prefecture, became a stevedore and owner of a dry cleaning shop in Hawaii.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Calder’s handshake was that of a stevedore, which is to say the man had the grip of a sculptor who could work metal and wood with power and dexterity.

— Nicholas Fox Weber, Air Mail, 18 Apr. 2026

Definition of stevedore

Noun

For 17 generations, Wietse Van Der Werf’s forebears toiled as dockworkers, shipbuilders, and sea captains in the Netherlands and its colonies.

— Richard Morgan, Time, 29 June 2026
Last September, three dockworkers were arrested after more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine were found hidden behind a false wall in a shipping container on the Sydney waterfront.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Definition of dockworker

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