roustabouts

noun

plural of roustabout
as in stevedores
one who loads and unloads ships at a port sought work as a roustabout on the city's seedy waterfront

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  1. stevedores
  2. longshoremen
  3. dockworkers
Noun
  • 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
  • But then what’s with all the stevedores from central casting?
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Definition of stevedores
Noun
  • 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, ABC News, 12 May 2026
  • Consumers, including the longshoremen and their families, would enjoy lower costs and better service.
    — Zack Kass, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of longshoremen
Noun
  • On October 30, culture workers at the Venice Biennale went on strike in solidarity with a national general strike in Italy, and similar protests by dockworkers at over 110 ports all across the world.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The international messaging has been reinforced by communist organizations that make no secret of their revolutionary objectives, using the dockworkers' campaign to advance a broader political struggle against capitalism.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of dockworkers
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“Roustabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roustabouts. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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