stevedore
Speech parts
1. stevedore - Noun
2. stevedore - Verb
Meaning
One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port; one who stows a cargo in a hold.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
docker
longshoreman
dockworker
porter
packer
coolie
lumper
carrier
express
bearer
loader
shipper
roustabout
conveyer
worker
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A giant in transport infrastructure in Africa, Antrak plays a huge role in shipping, trucking, and stevedore with its cargo terminal in Tema.
Forty-seven year old Edward Saldano, aka “Scrub Board”, a stevedore of a George Street address, was remanded to prison when he appeared today before the Chief Magistrate, Anne Marie Smith and was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and harm.