longshoreman in English

noun
1
a person employed in a port to load and unload ships.
Hundreds of dock workers clashed with police early Thursday morning in Charleston, South Carolina during a protest against the use of nonunion longshoremen to load a cargo ship.
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1. What does Alongshoreman mean? (archaic) Alternative form of longshoreman

2. An Alongshoreman is another word for a longshoreman, a man employed to load and unload ships

3. Martin writes fantasy for grown-ups, with a blunt and bawdy earthiness that befits the son of a Bayonne, N. J. , longshoreman.

4. In California yesterday, a community group, ACCE, and the longshoremen reoccupied the home of a longshoreman that had been evicted from his home.

5. 1 The term “longshoreman” is derived from “Alongshoreman” which evolved from calls in colonial times for “men along the shore” to help load and unload ships

6. The very title “longshoreman” is a derivative of “Alongshoreman,” which evolved from calls in colonial times for “men along the shore” to unload and load ships.