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stevedore

noun

/ˈstiː.vəˌdɔːr/

Meaning

A person employed to load and unload cargo from ships.

The stevedores worked tirelessly to unload the cargo before dawn.

docker, longshoreman, loader, laborer, porter

passenger, captain, officer

stevedore union, stevedore work, hire stevedores

The ability to produce a desired or intended result; effectiveness.

The action or fact of spreading something, especially information, widely.

The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and return kindness.

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

the number equal to 10 hundred or 1,000

Bioactive compounds found in plants that have health benefits beyond basic nutrition.