docksider

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noun

A boat shoe often used as casual footwear.

“He was dressed in docksiders, khaki shorts and a pink polo shirt.”

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Meanings

noundocksider (plural docksiders)

plural docksiders

  1. A boat shoe often used as casual footwear.

    He was dressed in docksiders, khaki shorts and a pink polo shirt.

    2 more examples

    Snapper has a pair of black socks with his docksiders.

    2005, James Frey, My Friend Leonard, →ISBN

    But there was something a little off about the clothes. No socks and tan docksiders.

    2015, Kasey Michaels, This Can't Be Love
  2. A person who lives in or frequents a dockside area.

    Because of this, relationships between docksiders often lack trust.

    2008, Henry Trotter, Sugar Girls & Seamen, →ISBN
    1 more example

    Sheila was working the counter when I got there, and Pop was over at the tables with a couple of the docksiders, playing dominoes.

    2015, The Shores of Moses Lake Collection: Four Novels in One, →ISBN

Origin

From dockside + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (habitational suffix).

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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