stevedore

Definition of Stevedore in English :

a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stevedore

noun

1.

a person employed to load or unload ships

verb

2.

to load or unload (a ship, ship's cargo, etc)

noun

1.

a person employed at loading and unloading ships; longshoreman

verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsteveˌdored or ˈsteveˌdoring

2.

to load or unload the cargo of (a ship)

n.

One who is employed in the loading or unloading of ships.

tr. & intr.v. ste·ve·dored, ste·ve·dor·ing, ste·ve·dores

To load or unload the cargo of (a ship) or to engage in the process of loading or unloading such a vessel.