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stevedore


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stevedore 
  n  :  a  laborer  who  loads  and  unloads  vessels  in  a  port  [syn:  {loader}, 
  {longshoreman},  {docker},  {dockhand},  {dock  worker},  {dock-walloper}, 
  {lumper}] 




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