dockworker
(also dock worker) /ˈdɒkwɜːkər/ noun [C] (also docker, US also longshoreman, US also stevedore)Definition
› TRANSPORT a person whose job is putting goods on and taking goods off ships in a port: When just a few dockworkers stop moving cargo, the flow of goods grinds to a halt.
(Definition of dockworker noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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