Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Stevedore

Stevedore , noun

[Sp. estivador a packer, a stower, from estivar to pack, to stow, Latin stipare to press, compress, probably akin to English 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.