Pronunciation Noun
stevedore (plural stevedores)
- A dockworker involved in load#Verb|loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work. [from 18th c.]
- docker
- dockworker
- longshoreman qf US
- wharfie qf Australia
- French: stevedore, manutentionnaire, aconier
- German: Hafenarbeiter
- Italian: stivatore
- Portuguese: estivador
- Russian: гру́зчик
- Spanish: estibador, arrumador
stevedore (stevedores, present participle stevedoring; past and past participle stevedored)
- (transitive) To load or unload a ship's cargo.
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