dockworker

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English dock English worker English dockworker From dock + worker.

1. A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

   “Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons. The mob violence and union corruption that long defined the piers were part of the underpinnings of the classic 1954 movie “On the Waterfront.””

   “The East Coast dockworkers understand what’s happening around the world.”