Found 2 items, similar to stevedore.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stevedore stevedore n : a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dock-walloper, lumper]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stevedore 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]