as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
the longshoremen moved all of the fish into cold storage for shipment to the market
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Recent Examples of longshoreman
Herman noted that these shifts divert business away from U.S. ports and reduce work opportunities for American longshoremen.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
According to Defonte, the deli originated as a third place for longshoremen who would sit, eat, and bond there while waiting for their boats in Red Hook.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2025
On Thursday, longshoremen worked in concert with sailors to haul tons of rice into a barge headed for Vietnam.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Over the last 25 work shifts, only 733 jobs were available for 1,575 longshoremen looking for work.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
According to Defonte, the deli originated as a third place for longshoremen who would sit, eat, and bond there while waiting for their boats in Red Hook.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2025
On Thursday, longshoremen worked in concert with sailors to haul tons of rice into a barge headed for Vietnam.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Over the last 25 work shifts, only 733 jobs were available for 1,575 longshoremen looking for work.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longshoreman
Noun
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But then what’s with all the stevedores from central casting?—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
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As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the statement was not exclusively directed toward the government, but to the dockworkers’ unions as well.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2026
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In October 2024, nearly 50,000 longshoremen, or dockworkers, along the U.S. East Coast walked off the job in one of the largest strikes in modern labor history.—
Zack Kass,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Longshoreman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longshoreman. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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