Stevedore (noun)
stee-va-dor
A person employed at a dock to load and unload ships.
Late 18th century from Spanish estivador, from estivar ‘stow a cargo’, from Latin stipare
Example sentences
“The noise from the Stevedores working the dock in the background.”
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