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longshoreman

noun

ˈlȯŋ-ˌshȯr-mən

Definition of longshoreman

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 The longshoremen back at work are union members feeding their families from this port. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 The state of Maryland followed, as did a group of Baltimore longshoremen who filed a class action lawsuit arguing the companies should reimburse them for wages lost while the port was closed. — ABC News, 12 May 2026 Holifield said listeners can also scan the QR code and hear stories from local historians such as Marvin Dunn, whose father was a longshoreman. — Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026 Tommy Lasorda, who was then the third-base coach, ran past me, yelling everything a longshoreman would utter on a bad day at these two guys. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for longshoreman

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The stevedores of the ship (who were responsible for loading and unloading ships at the port) were also on a break.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
Ron Goodacre, a stevedore, a longshoreman — strong, proud, always with a story.

— Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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For all its sailors’ dives and dockworker canteens, Hamburg is also a place of vast wealth, and of the material beauty that its shipping has built.

— Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026
The resulting brawl seemingly touched every man who might possibly wear a hat, from stockbrokers to dockworkers to police officers.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 4, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

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