Stevedore Definition
stēvĭ-dôr
stevedored, stevedores, stevedoring
noun
stevedores
A person whose work is loading and unloading ships; longshoreman.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- dock-walloper
- dockworker
- dock worker
- dockhand
- longshoreman
- lumper
- docker
- loader
verb
stevedores, stevedoring
To load or unload the cargo of (a ship) or to engage in the process of loading or unloading such a vessel.
American Heritage
To load or unload the cargo of (a ship)
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Stevedore
Noun
Singular:
stevedore
Plural:
stevedoresOrigin of Stevedore
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Spanish estibador (Portuguese estivador), form of estibar (“to load"), from Latin stÄ«pāre (Italian stipare), present active infinitive of stÄ«pō (“stuff"), from Proto-Indo-European *stÄ«pos, from root Proto-Indo-European *steip-. Cognate to stiff via Proto-Indo-European.
From Wiktionary
Spanish estibador from estibar to stow from Latin stīpāre to pack
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Attested 1788 in early form stowadore, included in 1828 Webster's dictionary as stevedore.
From Wiktionary
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