The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lighterman \Light"er*man\ (l[imac]t"[~e]r*m[a^]n), n.; pl. Lightermen (l[imac]t"[~e]r*men). A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of lighterman English)
Usage examples of "lightermen".
This is further illustrated by the fact that, when the duty was thus set forth, it was not alleged as an obligation peculiar to common carriers as such, but was laid as the custom of law of common hoymen, or lightermen, &c.
Add to these that the river was in a manner without boats, and all or most part of the watermen, lightermen, boat-builders, and lighter builders in like manner idle and laid by.
The old hands were doing their best to make sure that the clumsiness of the new ones would result in the staving of a keg or two, so as to swill from the leaks, and the grinning lightermen overside were abetting them.