Dictionary

dockworker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną Proto-West Germanic *wirkijan Old English wyrċan Middle English worchen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English werkere, worchere English worker English dockworker From dock + worker.

Meanings

1. A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
   • Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons. The mob violence and union corruption that long defined the piers were part of the underpinnings of the classic 1954 movie “On the Waterfront.” 2009 August 13, N. R. Kleinfield, “Dockworkers See Shoe on Other Foot After a Scandal”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 May 2015:
   • The East Coast dockworkers understand what’s happening around the world. 2024 October 1, Heather Long, “The real reason 47,000 dockworkers are on strike”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2024:

Forms

Coordinates

dockmaster · fieldworker · factoryworker · wharfmaster · mineworker

Hypernyms

laborer · worker · tradesperson · person

Relateds

dockworking

Synonyms

stevedore · wharfie · longshoreman · docker

Translations (21)

pl doker (worker at a dock) · cs dokař (worker at a dock) · fr docker (worker at a dock) · cmn 碼頭工人 /码头工人 (worker at a dock) · de Hafenarbeiter (worker at a dock) · ru порто́вый гру́зчик (worker at a dock) · fi satamatyöläinen (worker at a dock) · fi ahtaaja (worker at a dock) · pt estivador (worker at a dock) · ru до́кер (worker at a dock) · ga dugaire (worker at a dock) · ro docher (worker at a dock) · fi satamatyöntekijä (worker at a dock) · pl portowiec (worker at a dock) · sv hamnarbetare (worker at a dock) · bg до́кер (worker at a dock) · ru порто́вый рабо́чий (worker at a dock) · ja 港湾労働者 (worker at a dock) · vi khuân vác (worker at a dock) · it stivatore (worker at a dock) · mk докер (worker at a dock)