stevedore
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stevedore
- /ˈstiːvəˌdɔː(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈstivəˌdɔɹ/ US
Where it comes from
From 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.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was attested in 1788 in the early form stowadore (see the quotations). It was included in the 1st edition of Webster’s Dictionary (1828) as stevedore.
noun stevedores · stowadore
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A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
Stowadores.
Similar: docker, dockworker, longshoreman, wharfie
verb stevedores · stevedoring · stevedored
- To load or unload a ship's cargo. During the year 334,242 tons of cargo were stevedored and 933,092 tons were handled and transferred.
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noun dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo
| Español | estibador, arrumante |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 港湾労働者 kōwan rōdōsha |
| 中文 | 碼頭工人 /码头工人 mǎtou gōngrén, 碼頭裝卸工人 /码头装卸工人 mǎtóu zhuāngxiè gōngrén, 搬運工 /搬运工 bānyùngōng |
| Português | estivador |
| Français | stevedore, manutentionnaire, aconier |
| Deutsch | Hafenarbeiter |
| Italiano | stivatore, scaricatore di porto |
| Ελληνικά | στιβαδόρος stivadóros |
| Română | docher, portuar |
| Русский | гру́зчик grúzčik, до́кер dóker, порто́вый гру́зчик portóvyj grúzčik |
| עברית | סְטִיבָדוֹר stivador, סַוָּר savar |
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