noun
- workers who load and unload ships at a port
Usage: plural of docker
Examples
- The dockers went on strike for better working conditions.
- Hundreds of dockers gathered at the port early in the morning.
- The union represents dockers from three major shipping terminals.
- Modern technology has reduced the number of dockers needed.
- The dockers worked through the night to unload the cargo ship.
- Local dockers have decades of experience handling heavy freight.