Stevedore
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:31 am
STEVEDORE
NOUN: One who is employed in the loading or unloading of ships.
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: ste·ve·dored, ste·ve·dor·ing, ste·ve·dores
To load or unload the cargo of (a ship) or to engage in the process of loading or unloading such a vessel.
ETYMOLOGY: Spanish estibador, from estibar, to stow, from Latin stipare, to pack.
According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000
Just amazed how the third consonant has migrated from /p/ to /b/ and then to /v/.
NOUN: One who is employed in the loading or unloading of ships.
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: ste·ve·dored, ste·ve·dor·ing, ste·ve·dores
To load or unload the cargo of (a ship) or to engage in the process of loading or unloading such a vessel.
ETYMOLOGY: Spanish estibador, from estibar, to stow, from Latin stipare, to pack.
According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000
Just amazed how the third consonant has migrated from /p/ to /b/ and then to /v/.