Usually means: Worker assisting with boat operations.
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  1. dockhand: Merriam-Webster
  2. dockhand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dockhand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dockhand: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dockhand: Vocabulary.com
  6. dockhand: Wordnik
  7. dockhand: Wiktionary
  8. dockhand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. dockhand: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. dockhand: Dictionary.com
  11. dockhand: Rhymezone
  12. dockhand: FreeDictionary.org
  13. dockhand: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. dockhand: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dockhand: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  Someone who works at a dock.

Similar:
stevedore, dock worker, docker, longshoreman, lumper, loader, dock-walloper, dockie, dockyardman, docketer, more...

Opposite:
captain, skipper, seafarer, mariner, deck officer

Types:
longshoreman, dockworker, wharfie, quayman, pierman, more...

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Similar:
stevedore, dock worker, docker, longshoreman, lumper, loader, dock-walloper, dockie, dockyardman, docketer, more...

Opposite:
captain, skipper, seafarer, mariner, deck officer

Types:
longshoreman, dockworker, wharfie, quayman, pierman, more...



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