dockman

noun

dockman

noun

Etymology From dock + -man.

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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