stevedore

(stē′və dôr′)

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noun

a person employed at loading and unloading ships; longshoreman

Origin: Sp estivador < estivar, to stow, ram tight: see steeve

transitive verb, intransitive verb stevedored, stevedoring

to load or unload the cargo of (a ship)

See stevedore in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One who is employed in the loading or unloading of ships.

tr. & intr.v. ste·ve·dored, ste·ve·dor·ing, ste·ve·dores

To load or unload the cargo of (a ship) or to engage in the process of loading or unloading such a vessel.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish estibador

Origin: , from estibar, to stow

Origin: , from Latin stīpāre, to pack

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