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stevedore

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) stevedore (noun)
  2. 2) stevedore (verb)
  3. stevedore knot (noun)

1ste·ve·dore

noun \ˈstē-və-ˌdȯr also ˈstēv-ˌ\

Definition of STEVEDORE

: one who works at or is responsible for loading and unloading ships in port
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Examples of STEVEDORE

  1. <on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world>

Origin of STEVEDORE

Spanish estibador, from estibar to pack — more at steeve
First Known Use: 1788

Related to STEVEDORE

Synonyms: docker [chiefly British], dockhand, longshoreman, roustabout, rouster, dockworker

Other Job Terms

factotum, milliner, ostler, scrivener, tinker, webster, wordsmith

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