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long·shore·man
/
ˈlɔŋˈʃɔr
mən, -ˈʃoʊr-, ˈlɒŋ-
/
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[
lawng
-
shawr
-m
uh
n, -
shohr
-,
long
-
]
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noun,
plural
long·shore·men.
a person employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
Origin:
1805–15;
longshore
+
-man
Usage note
See
-man.
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longshoreman
(ˈlɒŋˌʃɔːmən)
—
n
,
pl
-men
(
US
), (
Canadian
) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries):
docker
a man employed in the loading or unloading of ships
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
longshoreman
1811, from alongshore + man.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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longshoreman
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longshoreman
and a reporter or any kind of writer not to be seen together.
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