"dockworker" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dockworker.wav Forms: dockworkers [plural]
Etymology: From dock + worker. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dock|worker}} dock + worker Head templates: {{en-noun}} dockworker (plural dockworkers)
  1. A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight. Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: docker#Etymology_2, ;, stevedore, longshoreman, wharfie, dock worker Related terms: dockworking Translations (worker at a dock): до́кер (dóker) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 碼頭工人 (Chinese Mandarin), 码头工人 (mǎtou gōngrén) (Chinese Mandarin), satamatyöntekijä (Finnish), satamatyöläinen (english: generally) (Finnish), ahtaaja (english: loader and unloader) (Finnish), docker [masculine] (French), Hafenarbeiter [masculine] (German), dugaire [masculine] (Irish), stivatore [masculine] (Italian), 港湾労働者 (kōwan rōdōsha) (alt: こうわんろうどうしゃ) (Japanese), portowiec [masculine] (Polish), doker [masculine] (Polish), estivador [masculine] (Portuguese), docher [masculine] (Romanian), до́кер (dóker) [masculine] (Russian), порто́вый рабо́чий (portóvyj rabóčij) [masculine] (Russian), порто́вый гру́зчик (portóvyj grúzčik) [masculine] (Russian), hamnarbetare [common-gender] (Swedish), khuân vác (Vietnamese)

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