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I just have this deep kind of connection to reality of being like... in a way, I feel like a dock worker. I want to stay in connection with my dock-worker side, 'cause that's how I grew up.
Eddie Vedder

Meaning of "dock-worker" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOCK-WORKER

dock-worker  [ˈdɒkˌwɜːkə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOCK-WORKER

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conjunction
determiner
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Dock-Worker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOCK-WORKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dock-worker

Stevedore

Stevedore, dockworker, docker, dock labourer, wharfie, wharf rat, and/or longshoreman can have various waterfront-related meanings concerning loading and unloading ships, according to place and country.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOCK-WORKER


autoworker
ˈɔːtəʊˌwɜːkə
bodyworker
ˈbɒdɪˌwɜːkə
counterworker
ˈkaʊntəˌwɜːkə
dayworker
ˈdeɪˌwɜːkə
glass-worker
ˈɡlɑːsˌwɜːkə
hand-worker
ˈhændˌwɜːkə
homeworker
ˈhəʊmˌwɜːkə
houseworker
ˈhaʊsˌwɜːkə
ironworker
ˈaɪənˌwɜːkə
needleworker
ˈniːdəlˌwɜːkə
networker
ˈnɛtˌwɜːkə
outworker
ˈaʊtˌwɜːkə
pieceworker
ˈpiːsˌwɜːkə
slopworker
ˈslɒpˌwɜːkə
stoneworker
ˈstəʊnˌwɜːkə
tutworker
ˈtʌtˌwɜːkə
underworker
ˈʌndəˌwɜːkə
waxworker
ˈwæksˌwɜːkə
wonder-worker
ˈwʌndəˌwɜːkə
woodworker
ˈwʊdˌwɜːkə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOCK-WORKER

dock
dock dues
dock house
dock labourer
dock leaf
dock strike
dockage
docken
docker
docket
dockhand
docking
docking station
dockisation
dockization
dockize
dockland
dockmaster
docks
dockside

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOCK-WORKER

aid worker
care-worker
childcare worker
co-worker
community worker
construction worker
corker
factory worker
field worker
forker
health care worker
knowledge worker
medical social worker
New Yorker
office worker
Parker
social worker
steelworker
white-collar worker
worker
yorker

Synonyms and antonyms of dock-worker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dock-worker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOCK-WORKER

Find out the translation of dock-worker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dock-worker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dock-worker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

码头工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

muelle de trabajo
570 millions of speakers

English

dock-worker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गोदी कार्यकर्ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قفص الاتهام في العمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

док - работник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estivador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডক শ্রমিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quai - travailleur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pekerja dok
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dock - Arbeiter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドック労働者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

독 - 노동자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dock-worker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bến nghiệp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கப்பல்துறை-தொழிலாளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डॉक-वर्कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dok-işçi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dock - lavoratore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pracownik doku -
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

док - працівник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dock - lucrător
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dock - εργαζόμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dok - werker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

docka - arbetare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dock -worker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dock-worker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCK-WORKER»

The term «dock-worker» is regularly used and occupies the 70.529 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCK-WORKER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dock-worker

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QUOTES WITH «DOCK-WORKER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dock-worker.
1
Eddie Vedder
I just have this deep kind of connection to reality of being like... in a way, I feel like a dock worker. I want to stay in connection with my dock-worker side, 'cause that's how I grew up.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOCK-WORKER»

Discover the use of dock-worker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dock-worker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dismissal in Nigeria Labour Law
(3) (4) (5) A registered employer shall not on any day employ any dock worker on his non-preference list until he has provided employment for all the dock workers in his preference list, and he shall accept for temporary employment any ...
Celestine N. Omehia, 2011
2
Effective Security Management
Security Agent: That's true. Dock Worker: And you use them here? Security Agent : Yes. Dock Worker: Would you answer this then? How many you got? (Tittering runs through the group.) Security Agent: It fluctuates, but probably right now, ...
Charles A. Sennewald, 2011
3
Role Playing Game
... Expert Concentration, Investigate +14, scientist 90 — Data Entry Computer Use +6, worker (white collar) 15 — Dock Worker Profession (dock worker) +6, worker ( blue collar) 25 — Dock Worker, Master Operations (systems), Profession +14, ...
J. Michael Straczynski, Matthew Sprange, 2006
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Automated Planning: Theory & Practice
Whenever possible, we will illustrate the planning procedures and techniques in this book on a simple yet nontrivial running example called the Dock-Worker Robots or DWR domain. Here we describe it only informally, but it will serve as an ...
Malik Ghallab, Dana Nau, Paolo Traverso, 2004
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National Conference on Industrial Conciliation, under the ...
physical strength and endurance does not necessarily imply that the dock worker must be low in the scale of intelligence; while the calling does not require a high grade of intelligence, yet the high wages incident to organization has raised the ...
National Civic Federation, 1902
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Labor and Capital: A Discussion of the Relations of Employer ...
The fact that the labor of a dock-worker requires great physical strength and endurance does not necessarily imply that the dock-worker must be low in the scale of intelligence. While the calling does not require a high grade of intelligence, yet ...
John Punnett Peters, 1902
7
Industrial conciliation: report of the proceedings of the ...
physical strength and endurance does not necessarily imply that the dock worker must be low in the scale of intelligence; while the calling does not require a high grade of intelligence, yet the high wages incident to organization has raised the ...
National Civic Federation, 1902
8
Hiring of Dock Workers and Employment Practices in the Ports ...
The position of the dock worker was hardly changed over the course of many years, and the labor market remained disorganized and completely casual despite a few sporadic efforts to do something about it. After the strike of 1889, some of ...
Vernon H. Jensen, 1964
9
Labour welfare and industrial hygiene
The Dock Worker (Regulation of Employment) Schemes framed under the Act are at present in operation in the major ports of Mumbai, Culcutta, Madras, Visakhpatnam, Cochin, Mormugao and Kandla. Salient Features of the Scheme 1 .
10
Texas Civil Procedure: Trial and Appellate Practice, 2012-2013
Imagine, for example, that a warehouse dock worker counts widgets as they are being loaded onto a truck for delivery to buyer B. The dock worker then tells a shipping clerk the number of widgets loaded. The clerk writes it down. That writing ...
William V. Dorsaneo III, Elaine A. Carlson, David Crump, 2012

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