different between longshoreman vs stevedore

English

Etymology

longshore +? -man

Noun

longshoreman (plural longshoremen)

1. (US) A man employed to load and unload ships.
2. One who makes a living along the shore by oyster-fishing, etc.

Synonyms

• (one who loads and unloads ships): docker, dockworker, stevedore (UK), wharfie (Australia, New Zealand)

Related terms

• longshorewoman

Translations

English

Etymology

From Spanish estibador (cognate with Portuguese estivador, and compare Medieval Latin stivator), from estivar, estibar (“to load”), from Medieval Latin stivare, st?p?re (compare Italian stivare, stipare), the present active infinitive of st?p? (“to cram, fill, stuff”), from Proto-Indo-European *steypos, from the root Proto-Indo-European *steyp-. It is cognate with stiff through Proto-Indo-European.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was attested in 1788 in the early form stowadore (see the quotations). It was included in the 1st edition of Webster’s Dictionary (1828) as stevedore.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sti?v??d??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?stiv??d??/
• Hyphenation: ste?ve?dore

Noun

stevedore (plural stevedores)

1. A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work. [from 18th c.]

Alternative forms

• stowadore (obsolete)

Synonyms

• docker
• dockworker
• longshoreman (US)
• wharfie (Australia, New Zealand)

Descendants

• French: stevedore

Translations

Verb

stevedore (third-person singular simple present stevedores, present participle stevedoring, simple past and past participle stevedored)

1. (transitive) To load or unload a ship's cargo.

References

Further reading

• stevedore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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