stevedore
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈstiːvəˌdɔr/
:
estibador
- The stevedores skillfully maneuvered crates onto the truck for delivery.
Examples
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Normally, the depot was attended by a freight master and a couple of colored stevedores.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the busy season, many stevedores are needed to manage the flow of cargo at the docks.
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Two writers are actually from the ships' complement, one an American ship's stevedore, the other a ship's surgeon, probably Scottish.
Academic text (1993) -
"Mr. Melville?" one of the stevedores said when Donald stopped him.
Fiction book (1998) -
One Englishman among the petitioners, John Latham, identified himself as a stevedore with a personal worth of five hundred dollars.
Academic text (2008) -
When economic recovery created more favorable conditions in 1905, Santos stevedores began the second general strike.
Academic text (2000) -
The Ocean Steamship Company, a subsidiary of the Central Railroad of Georgia, employed stevedores to act as contract agents for longshoremen.
Academic text (2008) -
The inevitable dockside idlers cheered the seamen and offered their services as stevedores.
Fiction book (1990) -
The stevedore worked hard to unload the heavy containers from the ship.
Synonyms
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8.1
A person who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port
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4.2
A person who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port
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2.1
A person who loads and unloads ships at a dock
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3.2
A person who moves goods onto and off ships at a port
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4.3
A person who loads and unloads ships at a port
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6.7
A person who loads and unloads ships at a dock
A worker who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port
A worker who loads and unloads ships at a port
A woman who loads and unloads goods from ships at a port
A person who works at a wharf or dock loading and unloading ships
A worker who loads and unloads goods at a port or warehouse
A worker who lifts and moves heavy goods at a port
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stevedore comes from the Spanish word estibador, from estibar which means 'to stow' or 'to pack goods into a ship', and it is like the English word stow. So a stevedore is someone who loads and unloads cargo on a ship.