dockhand

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noun

Someone who works at a dock.

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Meanings

noundockhand (plural dockhands)

plural dockhands

  1. Someone who works at a dock.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Similar
stevedoreloaderdockerdock workerdockworkerdock-walloperlumper
Broader
laborermanual laborerlabourer
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dockerdockworkerloaderlumperstevedore

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dock + hand.

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Cite this entry
APA

dockhand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dockhand

MLA

“dockhand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dockhand. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dockhand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dockhand.

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