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Synonyms of stevedore
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
- on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world
Synonyms for stevedore
- docker
- [chiefly British],
- dockhand,
- dockworker,
- longshoreman,
- roustabout,
- rouster
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The first known use of stevedore was in 1788
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