dockworker

[ dok-wur-ker ]

noun

1. a person employed on the docks dock of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dockworker¹

First recorded in 1920–25; dock ¹ + worker

Example Sentences

With the possibility of a second East Coast strike looming in the new year if dockworkers and port owners can’t agree on a contract, importers are diverting their goods to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

These operations provide tens of thousands of jobs to dockworkers, truck drivers and other laborers who help move this cargo.

From Los Angeles Times

The dockworkers won a 62 percent wage increase over six years, shy of their ask of 77 percent, according to a report from the Washington Post.

From Salon

The union representing tens of thousands of dockworkers across the US has agreed to suspend its strike while negotiations continue.

From BBC

“Everybody understands the dockworkers because they were decimated by this inflation, just like everybody else in our country and beyond.”

From Los Angeles Times