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Longshoreman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed. US

    "After that, Mr. Givens thought little more of his illness and returned to work as a longshoreman at the Port of New Orleans."

  2. 2
    a male laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port wordnet
  3. 3
    One who makes a living along the shore by oyster-fishing, etc.

Etymology

From alongshoreman, from alongshore + -man.

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