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单词 rousters
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rouster

noun

roust·​er ˈrau̇-stər How to pronounce rouster (audio)
1
: deckhand
2
: longshoreman

Synonyms

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

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

rousters

noun

plural of rouster
as in dockhands
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dockhands
  • roustabouts
  • longshoremen
  • stevedores
  • dockworkers
  • dockers
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