Stevedore

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stevedore \Ste"ve*dore`\, n. [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.]
     One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port;
     one who stows a cargo in a hold.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stevedore
       n : a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: {loader},
            {longshoreman}, {docker}, {dockhand}, {dock worker}, {dock-walloper},
            {lumper}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "stevedore":
     Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, bearer, bheesty, busboy, caddie,
     cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, common carrier,
     conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, docker, dockhand, drayman, express,
     expressman, freighter, gun bearer, hauler, homing pigeon,
     letter carrier, litter-bearer, loader, longshoreman, porter,
     redcap, roustabout, shield-bearer, skycap, stretcher-bearer,
     the Water Bearer, transporter, truck driver, trucker, wagoner,
     water boy, water carrier, wharf hand
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  STEVEDORE. A person employed in loading and unloading vessels. Dunl. Adm. 
  Pr. 98. Vide Arrameurs; Sac