stevedore

verb

stevedored; stevedoring

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

Word History

First Known Use

1862, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Phrases Containing stevedore

• stevedore knot

Rhymes for stevedore

• albacore
• alongshore
• antiwar
• anymore
• carnivore
• commodore
• dinosaur
• evermore
• furthermore
• guarantor
• herbivore
• heretofore

Kids Definition

stevedore

noun

ste·​ve·​dore

ˈstēv(-ə)-ˌdō(ə)r, 

-ˌdȯ(ə)r

: a person who loads and unloads boats in port

Etymology

from Spanish estibador "stevedore," from estibar "to pack"