stevedore

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Etymology [edit]

Spanish estibador (Portuguese estivador), form of estibar (“to load”), from Latin stīpāre (Italian stipare), present active infinitive of stīpō (“stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *stīpos, from root Proto-Indo-European *steip-.[1][2] Cognate to stiff via Proto-Indo-European.

Attested 1788 in early form stowadore,[3] included in 1828 Webster’s dictionary as stevedore.[4]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈstiː.vəˌdɔː(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"sti:.v@%dO:(r\)/

Noun [edit]

stevedore (plural stevedores)

  1. A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo.

Translations [edit]

dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo

Synonyms [edit]

Verb [edit]

stevedore (third-person singular simple present stevedores, present participle stevedoring, simple past and past participle stevedored)

  1. (transitive) To load or unload a ship's cargo.

References [edit]

  1. ^ “stevedore” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  2. ^ “stiff” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  3. ^ OED references Massachusetts Spy of 1788, July 2/3
  4. ^ “Stevedore, one whose occupation is to stow goods, packages, &c. in a ship's hold.”
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