DOCKER

stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper

(noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

docker (plural dockers)

One who performs docking, as of tails.

Etymology 2

Noun

docker (plural dockers)

A dockworker.

Hyponyms

• longshoreman, stevedore

Anagrams

• corked, ockerd, redock, rocked

Etymology

Proper noun

Docker

A village in Cumbria, England (originally Westmorland).

A hamlet in Lancashire, England.

A habitational surname from the place names.

Anagrams

• corked, ockerd, redock, rocked

Source: Wiktionary



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