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PRONUNCIATION OF LONGSHOREMEN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LONGSHOREMEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Longshoremen 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 LONGSHOREMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

longshoremen

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 BEGIN LIKE LONGSHOREMEN

longs
Longs Peak
longship
longshore
longshore drift
longshoreman
longshoring
longsome
longsomely
longsomeness
longspur
longtime
Longueuil
longueur
Longus
longwall

WORDS THAT END LIKE LONGSHOREMEN

Bremen
committeemen
firemen
foremen
gentlemen
horsemen
linemen
Norsemen
People´s Democratic Republic of Yemen
policemen
premen
remen
semen
servicemen
shoremen
sidemen
veniremen
visiting firemen
wiremen
Yemen

Synonyms and antonyms of longshoremen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «longshoremen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LONGSHOREMEN

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

Translator English - Chinese

码头工人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

estibadores
570 millions of speakers

English

longshoremen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Longshoremen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عمال الشحن والتفريغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грузчики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estivadores
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

longshoremen
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

débardeurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Longshoremen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hafenarbeiter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

港湾労働者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

항만 노동자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Longshoremen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

longshoremen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துறைமுக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लांबशाळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

liman işçilerinin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portuali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dokerów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вантажники
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

longshoremen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιμενεργάτες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hawe arbeiders
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hamnarbetarna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

longshoremen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of longshoremen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LONGSHOREMEN»

The term «longshoremen» is regularly used and occupies the 68.389 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LONGSHOREMEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about longshoremen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LONGSHOREMEN»

Discover the use of longshoremen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to longshoremen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class History
Many of these black longshoremen had migrated from North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. Following World War I, blacks increased their numbers to over 60 %. Some of this increase can be attributed to the Great Migration, during which ...
Eric Arnesen, 2007
2
Work in Market and Industrial Societies
Pilfering Pilfering of cargo is common to every waterfront in the world, and Portland is no exception, although the Portland longshoremen do not carry this activity to the extent of hauling away truckloads of cargo, as in some of the Eastern Ports.
Herbert A. Applebaum, 1984
3
The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History
The Irish locals in Chelsea refused as stubbornly, though not as violently, as did the New Jersey longshoremen. It is impossible to say just why the strike broke in the first days of November. There were increasing reports of longshoremen, ...
Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, Immanuel Ness, 2011
4
San Francisco Port Study
This study is based on San Francisco longshore labor force data for the year 1958, collected from two sources: the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU). The purpose of ...
Maritime Cargo Transportation Conference (U.S.), 1964
5
Wobblies on the Waterfront: Interracial Unionism in ...
The number of black longshoremen continued to grow after the inclusive Local 8 took control of the docks and Southern black migration increased. For instance, Abraham Moses, the Alabama-born son of freed slaves, moved from Mobile to ...
Peter Cole, 2007
6
New Orleans Dockworkers: Race, Labor, and Unionism 1892-1923
Half-and-Half among the Longshoremen The longshoremen adopted the \ eveesfirst significant agreement dividing the work equally between Black and white in 1886. The two locals further agreed on a common contract and the same wage: ...
Daniel Rosenberg, 1988
7
International Seamen's Union of America: A Study of Its ...
The outstanding features of the decision were that the future use by the International Longshoremen's Association of the additional title " Marine and Transport Workers " was to be discontinued and that the work of loading and unloading ...
Arthur Emil Albrecht, 1923
8
Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California
would bargain collectively with the seamen's unions, once those unions had elected representatives under the supervision of the National Longshoremen's Board. Rarely has ice water accomplished so much! Encouraged by the shippers'  ...
Kevin Starr, 1997
9
Black Unionism in the Industrial South
Also, see Maroney, "International Longshoremen's Association," pp. 225-32. M. Wendell P. Terrell, "A Short History of the Negro Longshoremen" (Senior thesis, Houston College for Negroes, 1936), Box 2E304, folder 1,TLMC; "Longshore ...
Ernest Obadele-Starks, 2001
10
The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in ...
Chapter 9 The Racket-Ridden Longshoremen: The Web of Economics and Polities RIMMED OFF FROM the rest of the city by a steel-ribbed highway and a wall of bulkhead sheds is the New York waterfront, an atavistic world more redolent of ...
Daniel Bell, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LONGSHOREMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term longshoremen is used in the context of the following news items.
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FMC investigation could squelch ILWU chassis inspections | JOC.com
Mandatory dock worker chassis inspections by the International Longshoremen's Association are an equally volatile issue on the East and Gulf ... «JOC.com, Jul 15»
2
Trans-Pacific shippers back to thinking about supply, demand and …
There's no room on the pier, and the truckers are still arguing with the longshoremen. It just goes on and on.” Last year's disruption of supply ... «JOC.com, Jul 15»
3
Trans-Pacific shippers back to thinking about supply, demand, timing
There's no room on the pier, and the truckers are still arguing with the longshoremen. It just goes on and on.” Last year's disruption of supply ... «JOC.com, Jul 15»
4
Hot Properties for July 20, 2015 - Charleston Regional Business …
... of Lee and Associates Charleston represented the sellers, Smith East Bay LLC and International Longshoremen's Association Local 1422A, ... «Charleston Regional Business, Jul 15»
5
Latin American Herald Tribune - July 20th in History
1934 – West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National ... «Latin American Herald Tribune, Jul 15»
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DCLI rescinds $200 fee for NY-NJ chassis | JOC.com
DCLI also said it is working with its contract repair vendors to make more International Longshoremen's Association mechanics available to ... «JOC.com, Jul 15»
7
Guest commentary: Seeking Justice for the Port Chicago 50
Both the longshoremen's union and the Coast Guard repeatedly warned about the lack of training, culture, and adherence to basic safety rules. «Oroville Mercury Register, Jul 15»
8
West Coast chassis lessor refuses to pay for ILWU inspections
The International Longshoremen's Association next week will hold its quadrennial convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Chassis jurisdiction is ... «JOC.com, Jul 15»
9
United Way celebrates with organized labor partners at Fifth Annual …
More than 30 teams participated in the golf tournament, including Labor Lives United co-chairs: Ellis Canty of International Longshoremen's ... «Miami's Community Newspapers, Jul 15»
10
Menendez legal defense fund takes in $1.6M with Adelson's help
So did the PAC of the International Longshoremen's Association. Other $10,000 donors included New Jersey Democratic powerbroker George ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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