docker

¹ American  

[dok-er] / ˈdɒk ər /

noun

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

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docker ² American  

[dok-er] / ˈdɒk ər /

noun

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

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docker ¹ British  

/ ˈdɒkə /

noun

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

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docker ² British  

/ ˈdɒkə /

noun

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

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Etymology

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

The role of foreign operators has sparked anger among some, with dockers this month escalated a strike, worried for their jobs.

From Barron's

"We don't know if the new authority will hire us or restructure the entire system," striking docker Nur Uddin, 55, told AFP on Saturday.

From Barron's

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.

From BBC

But as far as postal worker Dan Jacobs is concerned, the dockers are "paid enough".

From BBC

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.

From BBC