stevedore

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

stevedore
    n 1: a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port [syn:
         {stevedore}, {loader}, {longshoreman}, {docker},
         {dockhand}, {dock worker}, {dockworker}, {dock-walloper},
         {lumper}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stevedore \Ste"ve*dore`\, n. [Sp. estivador a packer, a stower,
   fr. estivar to pack, to stow, L. stipare to press, compress,
   probably akin to E. stiff. See {Stiff}, {Stive} to stuff.]
   One whose occupation is to load and unload vessels in port;
   one who stows a cargo in a hold.
   [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

STEVEDORE. A person employed in loading and unloading vessels. Dunl. Adm. 
Pr. 98. Vide Arrameurs; Sac

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "stevedore":
      Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, bearer, bheesty, busboy, caddie,
      cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, common carrier,
      conveyer, coolie, cupbearer, docker, dockhand, drayman, express,
      expressman, freighter, gun bearer, hauler, homing pigeon,
      letter carrier, litter-bearer, loader, longshoreman, porter,
      redcap, roustabout, shield-bearer, skycap, stretcher-bearer,
      the Water Bearer, transporter, truck driver, trucker, wagoner,
      water boy, water carrier, wharf hand

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