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 Definitions of stevedore  [ˈsti vɪˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr]  

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Definition of 'stevedore' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) stevedore
a person or company engaged in the loading or unloading of ships.

2. (v.t.) stevedore
to load or unload the cargo of (a ship).

3. (v.i.) stevedore
to load or unload a ship.

Etymology:  (1780–90, Amer.; < Sp estibador=estib(ar) to pack, stow (see steeve1) +-ador -ator)

Definition of 'stevedore' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Definition of 'stevedore' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) stevedore
one whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold
Translation of 'stevedore' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a person who loads and unloads ships; a docker.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dokwerker Arabic flag Arabic: مُتَعَهِّد تَحْميل السُّف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: докер
Brazilian flag Brazilian: estivador Czech flag Czech: nakladač; vykladač German flag German: der Stauer
Danish flag Danish: havnearbejder Greek flag Greek: φορτοεκφορτωτής Estonian flag Estonian: lastija
Farsi flag Farsi: كارگر بارانداز Finnish flag Finnish: ahtaaja French flag French: débardeur/-euse
Hebrew flag Hebrew: סַווָר Hindi flag Hindi: जहाजी कुली Croatian flag Croatian: lučki radnik, slagač tere
Hungarian flag Hungarian: rakodómunkás Indonesian flag Indonesian: kuli pelabuhan Icelandic flag Icelandic: hafnarverkamaður
Italian flag Italian: stivatore Japanese flag Japanese: 港湾労働者 Korean flag Korean: 선내 하역인부
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dokininkas, uosto krovika Latvian flag Latvian: ostas krāvējs Malay flag Malay: kuli perlabuhan
Dutch flag Dutch: stuwadoor Norwegian flag Norwegian: havnearbeider, sjauer Polish flag Polish: robotnik portowy, doker
Persian flag Persian: كارگر بارانداز Pashto flag Pashto: پنډى، جوالى (په تيره هغه Portuguese flag Portuguese: estivador
Romanian flag Romanian: docher Russian flag Russian: портовый грузчик Slovak flag Slovak: nakladač, vykladač
Slovenian flag Slovenian: pristaniški delavec Serbian flag Serbian: lučki radnik Swedish flag Swedish: stuvare, hamnarbetare
Thai flag Thai: กรรมกรที่ขนของขึ้นลงเรือใ Turkish flag Turkish: gemi yükleme boşaltma işç Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 裝卸工人
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: портовий вантажник Urdu flag Urdu: جہازوں پر مال لادنے اور ا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: công nhân bốc vác
Chinese flag Chinese: 装卸工人

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