noun
- workers who load and unload ships at a port or dock
Usage: plural of longshoreman; nautical
Examples
- The longshoremen worked through the night to unload the cargo ship.
- A strike by longshoremen shut down the port for three days.
- The union represents thousands of longshoremen along the coast.
- Longshoremen use cranes and forklifts to move heavy containers.
- The longshoremen’s union negotiated better safety conditions.
- Many longshoremen have worked at the docks for decades.