as in longshoreman
one who loads and unloads ships at a port on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world

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Recent Examples of stevedore In a nightmare version of the Gilded Age, bankers and stevedores alike attend vaudevilles, swig opium, and sign contracts with Mephistopheles. The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024 The sailors had received little training as stevedores but were forced to load munitions — a dangerous task — as White officers made bets on which units would move the fastest. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024 The protagonist of this transgressive crime thriller, set in Tacoma, Washington, in the late nineteenth century, is Alma Rosales, an ex-detective who has constructed a new life as Jack Camp, a stevedore and an opium smuggler both beloved and feared by his crew. The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 At Brunswick, the stevedores driving the vehicles onto the ships, members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, say there is enough work for entry-level workers to get 40 hours a week, something that was rare in the past. Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stevedore
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Noun
  • If there are more longshoremen than job orders, a portion of them will go without pay.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
  • If there are more longshoremen than job orders, a portion of workers will go without pay.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The upcoming increase in cargo into would at least help dockworkers at the ports collect regular payments.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 18 June 2025
  • The caps proved popular with dockworkers, shipwrights and bandits, and, over time, the baker boy hat became synonymous with the newsboy cap (which was actually worn by boys working at newsstands).
    Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Stevedore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stevedore. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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