stevedore
A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such workA dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
Meaning
1 sensesA dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
Hafenarbeiter
гру́зчикgrúzčik, до́керdóker, порто́вый гру́зчикportóvyj grúzčik
- a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Translations
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Origin
From Spanish estibador (cognate with Portuguese estivador, and compare Medieval Latin stivFrom Spanish estibador (cognate with Portuguese estivador, and compare Medieval Latin stivator), from estivar, estibar (“to load”), from Medieval Latin stivare, stīpāre (compare Italian stivare, stipare), the present active infinitive of stīpō (“to cram, fill, stuff”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *steypos, which is from the root Proto-Indo-European *steyp-. It is cognate with stiff through Proto-Indo-European.
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Forms
plural: stevedoresSynonyms
9 synonyms- a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port:loaderdockerdockhanddock workerdockworkerdock-walloperlumper