How to pronounce longshoreman
American English pronunciation
LAWNG-shor-mun
- IPA
- /ˈlɔŋˌʃɔɹmən/
- Syllables
- LAWNG · shor · mun (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What longshoreman means
A dock worker who loads and unloads ships
In a sentence: A longshoreman lifted crates of bananas off the ship and stacked them on the dock.
Where it comes from: It is a shortened form of alongshoreman, a man who works along the shore.
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