rouster

noun

roust·​er ˈrau̇-stər 

1

: deckhand

2

: longshoreman

Synonyms

• docker [chiefly British]
• dockhand
• dockworker
• longshoreman
• roustabout
• stevedore

Examples of rouster in a Sentence

a hard-muscled man who certainly looked like he had worked all his life as a rouster

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1