docker
1[ dok-er ]
/ ˈdɒk ər /
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noun
a laborer on shipping docks; longshoreman.
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docker1
/ (ˈdɒkə) /
noun
British a man employed in the loading or unloading of shipsUS and Canadian equivalent: longshoreman See also stevedore
British Dictionary definitions for docker (2 of 2)
docker2
/ (ˈdɒkə) /
noun
a person or thing that docks something, such as the tail of a horse
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