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English

Noun

  1. One who works on a dock; a dock worker


Translations


Verb

  1. To load or unload a ship's cargo.


da:stevedore et:stevedore fr:stevedore io:stevedore pl:stevedore fi:stevedore vi:stevedore

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stevedore \Ste"ve*dore`\, n. [Sp. estivador a packer, a stower,
fr. estivar to pack, to stow, L. stipare to press, compress,
probably akin to E. stiff. See Stiff, Stive to stuff.]
One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port;
one who stows a cargo in a hold.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet stevedore
n : a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: loader,
longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dock-walloper,
lumper]
Moby Dictionary
Aquarius , Ganymede , Hebe , bearer , bheesty , busboy , caddie ,
cargo handler , carrier , carrier pigeon , carter , common carrier ,
conveyer , coolie , cupbearer , docker , dockhand , drayman , express ,
expressman , freighter , gun bearer , hauler , homing pigeon ,
letter carrier , litter-bearer , loader , longshoreman , porter ,
redcap , roustabout , shield-bearer , skycap , stretcher-bearer ,
the Water Bearer , transporter , truck driver , trucker , wagoner ,
water boy , water carrier , wharf hand


STEVEDORE. A person employed in loading and unloading vessels. Dunl. Adm. Pr. 98. Vide Arrameurs; Sac
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