noun

docker

docker, dockworker, longshoreman

The dockers worked all night to unload the cargo.

The dockers worked all night to unload the cargo.

((a docker)) a person who works at a dock The dockers worked all night.

Synonyms: dockworker, longshoreman, stevedore

From 'dock' + '-er' (a suffix for a person who does something).

A 'docker' is a work-ER at the 'dock'.

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