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
His father, Ryozo, a sumo wrestler from Fukuoka Prefecture, became a stevedore and owner of a dry cleaning shop in Hawaii.
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ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
But then what’s with all the stevedores from central casting?
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Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.
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Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
But then what’s with all the stevedores from central casting?
—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.
—
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stevedore
Noun
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The longshoremen back at work are union members feeding their families from this port.
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The state of Maryland followed, as did a group of Baltimore longshoremen who filed a class action lawsuit arguing the companies should reimburse them for wages lost while the port was closed.
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For 17 generations, Wietse Van Der Werf’s forebears toiled as dockworkers, shipbuilders, and sea captains in the Netherlands and its colonies.
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Last September, three dockworkers were arrested after more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine were found hidden behind a false wall in a shipping container on the Sydney waterfront.
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“Stevedore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stevedore. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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