Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stevedore"
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) 1.7 (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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