stevedore

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stevedore (STEE-vi-dawr, STEE-vi-dohr) - n., a dockworker who loads or unloads a ship in port. v., to load or unload cargo (of a ship).


Also called a longshoreman or docker. This is an Americanism attested to 1788, from Spanish estibador, from estibar, to stow, from Latin stīpāre, to pack/stuff, from PIE root *steyp-, stuff/cram.


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---L.