rousters

noun

plural of rouster
as in longshoremen
one who loads and unloads ships at a port a hard-muscled man who certainly looked like he had worked all his life as a rouster

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  1. longshoremen
  2. stevedores
  3. dockworkers
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
  • 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
  • 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 dockworkers
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“Rousters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rousters. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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