longshoreman
noun
a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
longshoremen
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pluralof longshoreman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Over the last 25 work shifts, only 733 jobs were available for 1,575 longshoremen looking for work, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the Los Angeles port went without work over the last two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
Under the current contract, longshoremen earn a top rate of $39 an hour.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
Shipbuilding and repair were enormous employers here, even after the conclusion of the boom caused by World War I. So was the port, but with thousands of longshoremen in this pre-container era.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
The oarsmen came leaping aboard, sturdy men with great arms, while longshoremen rolled water barrels thundering out the dock and stowed them under the rowers’ benches.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
