"longshoreman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-longshoreman.wav Forms: longshoremen [plural]
Etymology: From alongshoreman, from alongshore + -man. Etymology templates: {{af|en|alongshore|-man}} alongshore + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|longshoremen}} longshoreman (plural longshoremen)
  1. (US) A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed. Tags: US Synonyms: dockworker Translations (man employed to load and unload ships): докер (doker) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ahtaaja (Finnish), docker [masculine] (French), camallo [masculine] (Italian), scaricatore di porto [masculine] (Italian), 中仕 (nakashi) (alt: なかし) (Japanese), havnearbeider [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bryggearbeider [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Howenoabeida [masculine] (Plautdietsch), doker [masculine] (Polish), estivador [masculine] (Portuguese), docher [masculine] (Romanian), portuar [masculine] (Romanian), до́кер (dóker) (Russian), гру́зчик (alt: портовый) (Russian), estibador [masculine] (Spanish), hamnarbetare [common-gender] (Swedish), stuveriarbetare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-longshoreman-en-noun-VzW8OQqt Categories (other): American English, English terms suffixed with -man, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'man employed to load and unload ships': 98 2
  2. One who makes a living along the shore by oyster-fishing, etc. Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-longshoreman-en-noun-bpw24cil Disambiguation of Occupations: 22 78 Disambiguation of People: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: longshoreman's cap Related terms: longshorewoman

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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