as in stevedores
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 longshoremen
Miranda notes that the entire furniture ecosystem involves American citizens who could be hurt by tariffs — everyone from the longshoremen at the ports where imports arrive, to the truck drivers, warehouse workers and store employees.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Other lawsuits have been filed by the state of Maryland, the city of Baltimore and scores of longshoremen who lost work when the harbor shut down.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Bridges traveled the West Coast coordinating a strike of all longshoremen and warehousemen.
—Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
All 41 members of the Maritime Alliance, a group that includes port operating companies and shipping lines, voted for the contract, which covers the roughly 25,000 longshoremen who move containers on the East and Gulf Coasts.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 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
Matt Egan, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Other lawsuits have been filed by the state of Maryland, the city of Baltimore and scores of longshoremen who lost work when the harbor shut down.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Bridges traveled the West Coast coordinating a strike of all longshoremen and warehousemen.
—Rebecca Brenner Graham / Made By History, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
All 41 members of the Maritime Alliance, a group that includes port operating companies and shipping lines, voted for the contract, which covers the roughly 25,000 longshoremen who move containers on the East and Gulf Coasts.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 26 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for longshoremen
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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
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Harbor Inn Cafe — Cleveland, Ohio Harbor Inn Cafe is one of the oldest on Tasting Table's list, having opened in 1895 as a hub for sailors and dockworkers.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Dutch Federation of Trade Unions (FNV) and the dockworkers’ employers, International Lashing Services and Matrans Marine Services, agreed to meet Sunday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Longshoremen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longshoremen. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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