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Definitions
a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port
Word origin
From Spanish estibador (cognate with Portuguese estivador, and compare Medieval Latin stivator), from estivar, estibar (“to load”), from Medieval Latin stivare, stīpāre (compare Italian stivare, stipare), the present active infinitive of stīpō (“to cram, fill, stuff”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *steypos, which is from the root Proto-Indo-European *steyp-. It is cognate with stiff through Proto-Indo-European.
Used in a sentence
“Stowadores.”
“The work of discharging and loading cargoes other than coal is undertaken by master stevedores, who are employed by the shipowner.”
“During the year 334,242 tons of cargo were stevedored and 933,092 tons were handled and transferred.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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