Stevedore
Definition: dockworker; someone who loads and unloads ships
This is a phonetic spelling of the Portuguese word for “a man who loads ships and stows cargo.”
Also called a “longshoreman.”
Why I Looked It Up
From How Infrastructure Works:
Ships arrived and tired up at the docks, and stevedores would unload the break-bulk cargo, the barrels, boxes, bags, and bundles stowed in the hold to send them on further by land.