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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dockman en · NOUN

Etymology

From dock + -man.

Meanings

  1. A man who works on a dock.
    • “Stand clear! Stand clear of that rope!” cried the dockmen, bending over stone posts.” 1914, Joseph Conrad, chapter 5, in The Niger of Narkissos:

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Hypernyms

docker · dockworker · wharfie · stevedore · longshoreman

Synonyms

wharfman