longshoremen

Variant of longshoreman

longshoreman definition

long·shore·man (-s̸hôr′mən)

noun pl. longshoremen -·men (-mən)

a person whose work is loading and unloading ships; stevedore

Etymology: longshore + man

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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