Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dockworker

/dˈɑkwˌɝkɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: dock-work-er
IPA: /dˈɑkwˌɝkɚ/

24

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

Example Sentences

"Red Hook is fabled dockworker territory, not necessarily for inspirational reasons. The mob violence and union corruption that long defined the piers were part of the underpinnings of the classic 1954 movie “On the Waterfront.”"
"The East Coast dockworkers understand what’s happening around the world."

Etymology

Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną Proto-West Germanic *wirkijan Old English wyrċan Middle English worchen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English werkere, worchere English worker English dockworker From dock + worker.

Inflected Forms

dockworkers (plural) dock worker (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

dockworking dockmaster wharfmaster fieldworker factoryworker mineworker

Synonyms

docker stevedore longshoreman wharfie loader dockhand dock worker dock-walloper lumper

Questions

How do you pronounce dockworker?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɑkwˌɝkɚ/.
What does dockworker mean?: A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
Where does dockworker come from?: Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵyéti Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *wirkijaną Proto-West Germanic *wirkijan Old English wyrċan Middle English worchen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English werkere, worchere English worker English dockworker From dock + worker.

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