Definition of "stevedores" []

• Plural form of stevedore. (noun)

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• "As for the people who did the work of the Port -- the loading and the unloading -- those whom now we call the stevedores, coalers, dockers, lightermen, and watermen, they lived in the narrow lanes and crowded courts above and about Thames Street."
• "This included dockworkers, such as stevedores, as well as fishermen and crew on a variety of shipping."
• "Jobs such as stevedores, coachmen, barbers, and servants, which had traditionally been left to blacks, were now being invaded by the Irish."