Longshoreman - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Longshoreman : (noun)

1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Longshoreman : \Long"shore`man\, n.; pl. Longshoremen. [Abbrev. fr. alongshoreman.] One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)