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Stevedore definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STEVEDORE, n. One whose occupation is to stow goods, packages, etc. in a ships hold.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Spanish estibador, from estibar to pack — more at steeve Date: 1788 one who works at or is responsible for loading and unloading ships in port II. verb (-dored; -doring) Date: 1862 transitive verb to handle (cargo) as a stevedore; also to load or unload the cargo of (a ship) in port intransitive verb to work as a stevedore

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person employed in loading and unloading ships. Etymology: Sp. estivador f. estivar stow a cargo f. L stipare: see STEEVE(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Moby Thesaurus

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