Meanings
noundock worker (plural dock workers)
plural dock workers
- alternativeAlternative form of dockworker.
Postmen, binmen, dock workers, even barristers are now on strike. Where will all this end?
2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Comment: More strikes and poor morale”, in RAIL, number 965, page 3
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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dock worker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dock%20worker
MLA
“dock worker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dock%20worker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dock worker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dock%20worker.
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