📚 Stevedore, noun. 🔉 /ˈstiːvədɔː/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: A person employed at a dock to load and unload ships. ❗️ Examples: 1. The group represents importers, exporters, stevedores and ship owners throughout Australia and overseas using Geraldton port. 2. Although contractual arrangements are normally between stevedores and ship operators/owners for the supply of stevedoring services, stevedoring demand is best measured in terms of cargo volume than numbers of ships serviced. 3. Mariners and merchants made money managing the trade, carters and stevedores stowed staples on ships, and coopers created barrels to contain flour bound for the sea. 4. The boys ducked past Mr. Thomas as he roared orders to the stevedores on the dock below. 5. The previous day workers blocked vehicles entering and leaving the port and preventing Atlantic Ports Services and Speedline stevedores unloading cargo. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic