as in longshoreman
one who loads and unloads ships at a port
on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world
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Recent Examples of stevedore
What do port workers do? Longshoremen, also referred to as stevedores, handle cargo from incoming ships.
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Reuters, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
In a nightmare version of the Gilded Age, bankers and stevedores alike attend vaudevilles, swig opium, and sign contracts with Mephistopheles.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
The sailors had received little training as stevedores but were forced to load munitions — a dangerous task — as White officers made bets on which units would move the fastest.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
The protagonist of this transgressive crime thriller, set in Tacoma, Washington, in the late nineteenth century, is Alma Rosales, an ex-detective who has constructed a new life as Jack Camp, a stevedore and an opium smuggler both beloved and feared by his crew.
—The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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Reuters, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
In a nightmare version of the Gilded Age, bankers and stevedores alike attend vaudevilles, swig opium, and sign contracts with Mephistopheles.
—The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
The sailors had received little training as stevedores but were forced to load munitions — a dangerous task — as White officers made bets on which units would move the fastest.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
The protagonist of this transgressive crime thriller, set in Tacoma, Washington, in the late nineteenth century, is Alma Rosales, an ex-detective who has constructed a new life as Jack Camp, a stevedore and an opium smuggler both beloved and feared by his crew.
—The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stevedore
Noun
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Finish the night at Sunny’s Bar, a neighborhood institution that first served longshoremen more than 100 years ago.—
Ellen Carpenter,
AFAR Media,
17 July 2025
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The restaurant started in 1904 by serving lunches to the longshoremen who worked the Brooklyn docks.—
Florence Fabricant,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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But with a tentative deal put in place by January, which averted a second strike, the union of 45,000 dockworkers got some reprieve on automation—at least enough to maintain a certain number of jobs.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
11 July 2025
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But the agreement effectively kicked the can on other vital issues for dockworkers, especially related to job security.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Stevedore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stevedore. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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