docker

¹

[ dok-er ]

noun

1. a laborer on shipping docks; dock; longshoreman.

docker

²

[ dok-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that docks dock or cuts short.

docker

¹

/ ˈdɒkə /

noun

1. a person or thing that docks something, such as the tail of a horse

docker

²

/ ˈdɒkə /

noun

1. a man employed in the loading or unloading of ships US and Canadian equivalentlongshoreman See also stevedore

Word History and Origins

Origin of docker¹

First recorded in 1755–65; dock ¹ + -er ¹

Origin of docker²

First recorded in 1800–10; dock ² + -er ¹

Example Sentences

And it was on the streets of Bayonne, a stone's throw from Collins Park - where dockers, mobsters and oil refinery workers mixed - that Wepner began to learn his trade.

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The 66-year-old, who supports the dockers' strikes, says he has seen the port "emerge from a tiny little dock bay to what it is today".

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Some 1,900 dockers walked out on Sunday after rejecting a 7% pay offer from the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company, which the union said was below the rate of inflation.

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Her visit comes four days into an eight-day strike, where 1,900 dockers have walked out in a dispute over pay.

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Referring to the staff who had accepted the offer, a Unite spokesperson said: "This group of members have the right to accept the offer from the company but Unite's dockers want to press for 10%."

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