Noun: dockworker 'dók,wur-ku(r)
- A labourer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
"The dockworker efficiently moved cargo from the ship to the dock";
- stevedore, loader, docker [Brit], dockhand, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper, longshoreman [N. Amer], wharfie [Austral, NZ, informal]
Derived forms: dockworkers, dock workers
Type of: jack, laborer [US], labourer [Brit, Cdn], manual laborer [US], manual labourer [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Dockworker