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stevedores

stevedores is the plural of stevedore.

stevedores is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stevedore.

Meaning of stevedore

Noun

stevedore (plural stevedores)

  1. A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
    • Stowadores.1788 July 2, The Massachusetts Spy, Boston, Mass.: Zechariah Fowle, Isaiah Thomas, →OCLC, page 3

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Forms of stevedores

alternative formstowadores

Questions about stevedores

What is stevedores the plural of?
Stevedores is the plural of stevedore.

Words near stevedores in the dictionary

  1. steved
  2. stevedorage
  3. stevedore
  4. stevedore's knot
  5. stevedored
  6. stevedores
  7. stevedoring
  8. steven
  9. Steven Cay
  10. Stevenage
  11. stevened

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