rouster

noun

ˈrau̇-stər How to pronounce rouster (audio)
Definition of rousternext
as in stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port a hard-muscled man who certainly looked like he had worked all his life as a rouster

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  1. stevedore
  2. roustabout
  3. longshoreman
  4. dockhand
  5. dockworker
Noun
  • Docks depended on a circulating pool of male maritime workers—crews of seamen and stokers who manned the tramp steamers, gangs of longshoremen, and stevedores who loaded and unloaded goods, as well as artisans and machinists who maintained and repaired the ships and trains.
    Michael Denning, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2015
  • America dodged a sledgehammer on Thursday night, when striking stevedores reached a tentative agreement to return to work.
    Dan Primack, Axios, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of stevedore
Noun
  • West End performer Simon Bailey takes on the lead role of a modern-day showman, while newcomer Aaliya Mai makes her professional debut as Max, a shy young roustabout.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The musical’s book by Rick Elice, based not just on the 2011 movie but also on the 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, is set among the performers and roustabouts of a ramshackle circus at the depths of the Depression.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Definition of roustabout
Noun
  • Thousands of longshoremen from Maine to Texas could walk off the job next week if long-running contract issues are not resolved, leading to a costly strike.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Teachers, writers, nurses, truck drivers, actors, longshoremen and other types of workers all joined picket lines seeking better pay and working arrangements in the face of rising prices.
    Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of longshoreman
Noun
  • Two of the eight tainted Tylenol bottles came from Jewel stores in the northwest suburbs, though neither had passed through the Melrose Park warehouse where Arnold had long worked for Jewel as a dockhand.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Alhonna is the genesis of the crime drama, where screenwriter Bill Dubuque worked as a dockhand in his youth at the comfortable, somewhat dated, lake retreat.
    Mike and Wendy Pramik, cleveland, 7 July 2022
Definition of dockhand
Noun
  • Other Big Stories Image The dockworkers’ union on the East and Gulf coasts reached a tentative deal with employers, averting a potentially damaging strike. TikTok, which faces a possible ban in the U.S., is also waging legal battles in at least 20 other countries.
    the staff of The Morning, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • East and Gulf Coast port operators late Wednesday struck an agreement with a dockworkers union, resolving a labor dispute that had threatened to halt shipments for a second time in three months.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of dockworker
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