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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port;
[syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stevedore n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn: stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

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