docker

[dok-er]

noun

a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.

Origin of docker

First recorded in 1755–65; dock¹ + -er¹

docker

[dok-er]

noun

a person or thing that docks or cuts short.

Origin of docker

First recorded in 1800–10; dock² + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for docker

Historical Examples of docker

I saw a Polish docker knocked on the head by the end of a heavy chain that broke.
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
There was also a weird but effective arrangement by Judge Docker, of Australia.
The Coming of the Fairies
Arthur Conan Doyle
Docker I am almost cripple, it is up my hips, I can hardly walk.
Dr. Grenfell's Parish
Norman Duncan
Docker (by way of concluding a heated argument with Scotsman).
Punch, Volume 156, 26 March 1919
Various
An unemployed man—whether he is a duke or a docker—is living on the community.
Britain for the British
Robert Blatchford

British Dictionary definitions for docker

docker

noun

British a man employed in the loading or unloading of shipsUS and Canadian equivalent: longshoreman See also stevedore

docker

noun

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

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