stevedore

noun

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ste·ve·dore | \ ˈstē-və-ˌdȯr

also ˈstēv-ˌdȯr \

Definition of stevedore

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

stevedore

verb

stevedored; stevedoring

Definition of stevedore (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to handle (cargo) as a stevedore also : to load or unload the cargo of (a ship) in port

intransitive verb

: to work as a stevedore

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Synonyms: Noun

Examples of stevedore in a Sentence

Noun on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Bearing a scythe, a hoe, and a stevedore’s hook, the women appear ready for action. — Steven Litt, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2021 Stevedores board ships to operate the cranes mounted on deck, and the rotor sails seemed to be partially blocking this stevedore’s line of sight. — New York Times, 24 June 2021 Weeksville is an extraordinary museum in central Brooklyn dedicated to the history of the free Black community that was founded there in 1838, when a Black stevedore named James Weeks first purchased the property. — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021 Mavrinac pushed back, saying the stevedore usually hands a handwritten plan to the crew, and that the crew uses that to account for the cargo present. — Natasha Chen, CNN, 22 Sep. 2020 Simón quickly finds work as a stevedore, hauling sacks of grain. — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 18 May 2020 The Hellfighters, formally known as the 369th Infantry, began as cooks and stevedores for the French, but moved to the front to fight, often with valor, as French forces were depleted. — National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2020 Normandy’s Negroes, serving in mostly segregated units, worked under fire instead as stevedores and as antiaircraft men who ran up barrage balloons to frustrate enemy air strikes at the beaches. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 5 June 2019 In Panama City, Josh West, a 39-year-old stevedore, rode out the hurricane at his home with his roommate and daughter. — Jon Kamp And Arian Campo-flores, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018

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