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Dockworker

A dockworker (also called a docker, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore, wharfman or wharfie) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships.

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Etymology

History

Loading and unloading ships

Notable dockworkers

In popular culture

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Dockworker

Nodes103
Edges102
Triples178
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019417
Components1

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related to Further reading · 97
Dockworker → Age, American Maritime Culture, Andrew, Another View, Arnesen, Britain, Bruce, Café, Callebert, Case, Citizen Docker, Class, Colin, Connolly, Cruz, Davis, Docks, Eric, Florida, Glasgow
related to Notable dockworkers · 38
Dockworker → ActorStan Weir, American, American Revolution, Argentina, Boston MassacreHarry Bridges, British, Bruce Nelson, Buenos Aires, Canadian, Crispus Attucks, Danny Greene, First American, Former, Fraser, French Catholic, His, Hoffer, ILWU, International Longshore, Joey Coyle
related to history · 22
Dockworker → Ancient, Athens, Bruges, Carthage, Containerization, Dockworkers, Europe, Greeks, In, Industrial Revolution, International Longshoremen's Association, Lübeck, Medieval, Middle Ages, Northern Europe, Ostia, Romans, The, The Hanseatic League, The Industrial Revolution
related to Etymology · 16
Dockworker → Australia, Before, Canada, English, In Ancient, In Great Britain, Ireland, It, Latin, Modern Greek, Portugal, Portuguese, Spain, Spanish, The, United States

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waterfront dockworkers workers ships cargo port ship containers trade stevedore history docks doi united states longshoremen dock new called longshoreman

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Carthageinstance ofand Romans all relied on dockworkers to load and unload cargo from ships at port cities0.80text
Athensinstance ofand Romans all relied on dockworkers to load and unload cargo from ships at port cities0.80text
and Ostia.Medieval periodinstance ofand Romans all relied on dockworkers to load and unload cargo from ships at port cities0.80text
the International Longshoremen's Association in the United States.Containerizationinstance ofleading to the formation of organizations0.80text
cranesinstance ofwith those remaining principally operating heavy machinery0.80text
Dockworkerrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Dockworkerrelated to EtymologyPortugal0.60section
Dockworkerrelated to EtymologySpain0.60section
Dockworkerrelated to EtymologyEnglish0.60section
Dockworkerrelated to EtymologyIt0.60section
Dockworkerrelated to EtymologyPortuguese0.60section
Dockworkerrelated to EtymologySpanish0.60section

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