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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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