stevedore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
    dock worker; dock-walloper; lumper; dockhand; loader; dockworker; docker; longshoreman.

WordNet

Ste"ve*dore` noun
Etymology
Sp. estivador a packer, a stower, fr. estivar to pack, to stow, L. stipare to press, compress, probably akin to E. stiff. See Stiff, Stive to stuff.
Definitions
  1. One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.

Webster 1913