stevedore

stevedore
\ \ [18] A stevedoredocker’ is etymologically a ‘packer’ of cargo. The word was originally borrowed into American English from Spanish estivador, a derivative of estivarstow cargo’. This was descended from Latin stīpārepress, pack’ (source also of English constipation).
\ \ Cf.CONSTIPATION, STIFF

Word origins - 2ed. . 2005.

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