longshoreman

[lawng-shawr-muhn, -shohr-, long-]

noun

plural

longshoremen 

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

longshoreman

/ ˈlɒŋˌʃɔːmən /

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): docker. a man employed in the loading or unloading of ships

Gender Note

See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of longshoreman¹

First recorded in 1805–15; longshore + -man

Example Sentences

John Montagna is ready to move into a new RV park in the Green Meadows West section of Harbor City, near his job as a longshoreman.

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Increasing the port’s capacity and ability to accommodate larger ships would boost job opportunities by about 20% for longshoremen, truckers, warehouse workers and terminal operators, Seroka said.

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Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the Los Angeles port went without work over the last two weeks.

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Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the port went without work over the last two weeks, Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, said in an interview.

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The drop off in activity means fewer jobs for longshoremen and truckers, and down the line, higher prices for consumers, the representatives said.

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When To Use

What does longshoreman mean?

A longshoreman is a person who works loading and unloading shipping vessels at a dock.A longshoreman can also be called a docker or dockworker. The work of a longshoreman is called longshoring. Although the profession has traditionally been done primarily by men, women also do the job, and one can be called a longshorewoman, a woman longshoreman, or a female longshoreman.Example: When I worked as a longshoreman, I made good money, but the work was exhausting.