stockman

[ stok-muhn or, for 3, -man ]
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noun,plural stock·men [stok-muhn or, for 3, -men]. /ˈstɒk mən or, for 3, -ˌmɛn/.
  1. U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.

  2. a person employed on a stock farm.

  1. a person in charge of a stock of goods, as in a warehouse.

Origin of stockman

1
First recorded in 1800–10; stock + man

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How to use stockman in a sentence

  • Here's where he earns a little of the money the stockmen have been putting into his newspaper during the last few years.

    Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
  • In the western districts, the stockmen were usually mounted.

  • In this case the Forest Service usually coperates with the stockmen to provide water.

    Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai Boerker
  • To this they devote themselves exclusively, as the stockmen of Australia, and the ranchmen of Western America.

    The Vee-Boers | Mayne Reid
  • The second line is composed of local stockmen, ranchers, and logging and sawmill crews.

    Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai Boerker

British Dictionary definitions for stockman

stockman

/ (ˈstɒkmən, -ˌmæn) /


nounplural -men
    • a man engaged in the rearing or care of farm livestock, esp cattle

    • an owner of cattle or other livestock

  1. US and Canadian a man employed in a warehouse or stockroom

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