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Noun: docker  dó-ku(r)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: longshoreman)
  1. A labourer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    - stevedore, loader, longshoreman [N. Amer], dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper, wharfie [Austral, NZ, informal]

Derived forms: dockers

Type of: jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Docker, Lancashire

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