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 [lawng-shawr-muhn, -shohr-, long-]   Origin

long·shore·man

   [lawng-shawr-muhn, -shohr-, long-]
noun, plural -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

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longshoreman
1811, from alongshore + man.
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