stevedore

• Arbeiter im Hafen, der Schiffe be- und entlädt.

A laborer who loads and unloads cargo from ships in a port.

1. Dock workerB2formal

   A person employed to load and unload cargo from ships at a port.

   Hafenarbeiter

   • The stevedores worked quickly to unload the cargo from the ship.
   • He has been a stevedore at the port for over twenty years.
   • The union of stevedores negotiated better working conditions.

   Synonymedockerdockhanddockworkerlongshoremanlumper