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rouster

noun
roust·​er | \ ˈrau̇-stÉ™r How to pronounce rouster (audio) \

Definition of rouster

1 : deckhand
2 : longshoreman
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Synonyms for rouster

Synonyms

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

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Examples of rouster in a Sentence

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

First Known Use of rouster

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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