Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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