stevedore

/ˈstivəˌdɔr/
noun
  1. A person who loads and unloads cargo from ships.
    • My grandfather worked as a stevedore at the port for thirty years.
    • The ship's crew signaled to the stevedore to lower the next container.
    • The stevedore carefully stacked the crates onto the dock.
verb
  1. To load or unload cargo from a ship.
    • They hired extra workers to stevedore the cargo before the storm.
    • He learned to stevedore efficiently during his summer job at the harbor.
    • The team will stevedore the grain shipment tomorrow morning.
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