STEVEDORE Definition & Meaning

stevedore

[ stee-vi-dawr, -dohr ]

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noun

a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.

verb (used with object)

stevedored, stevedoring.

to load or unload the cargo of (a ship).

verb (used without object)

stevedored, stevedoring.

to load or unload a vessel.

stevedore

/ ˈ��پ�ː��ɪˌ��ɔː /

noun

a person employed to load or unload ships

verb

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of stevedore¹

1780–90, Americanism; < Spanish estibador, equivalent to estib ( ar ) to pack, stow ( steeve ¹ ) + -ador -ator

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of stevedore¹

C18: from Spanish estibador a packer, from estibar to load (a ship), from Latin ��ī�� to pack full

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After spotting the breach on Friday, DP World, one of a handful of stevedore industry players in Australia, disconnected internet, significantly impacting freight movements.

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After spotting the breach, DP World, one of a handful of stevedore industry players in Australia, disconnected internet, significantly impacting freight movements, Goldie said.

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The company, part of Dubai's state-owned DP World, is one of a handful of stevedore industry players in the country.

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Never mind that when she sang and danced, she sounded like a bullfrog on steroids and moved like a drunken stevedore.

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“Shape-up” is the term for preferential hiring of stevedores and other dockworkers; “shakedown” means exactly what it says, and it took — and takes — the form of kickbacks in “dues” to a “union” ruled by thugs.

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