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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
    "The docker efficiently moved cargo from the ship to the dock";
    - stevedore, loader, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper, longshoreman [N. Amer], wharfie [Austral, NZ, informal]
     
  2. A male labourer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    "The dockers worked tirelessly to unload the cargo ship before the storm arrived"

Derived forms: dockers

Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], man, manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn], sod [informal]

Encyclopedia: Docker, Keith