poultryman

 [pohl-tree-muhn]  

poul·try·man

   [pohl-tree-muhn]
noun, plural poul·try·men.
1.
a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
2.
a poultry dealer, especially one who sells chickens at retail for cooking.
Origin:
1565–75; poultry + -man
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poultryman or poulterer (ˈpəʊltrɪmən)
 
—n , pl -trymen, -terers
1.  Also called: chicken farmer a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
2.  a dealer in poultry, esp one who sells the dressed carcasses
 
poulterer or poulterer
 
—n

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