noun
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a person who breeds, rears, or tends cattle
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a person who owns or rears cattle on a large scale, usually for beef, esp the owner of a cattle ranch
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Origin of cattleman
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When the flesh-eating New World screwworm struck Texas cattle last week, the fifth-generation cattleman was ready for action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
All possessed wealth due to their headrights—and the Osage Tribal Council suspected that a prominent local white cattleman, William K. Hale, might be to blame.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 15, 2023
In Kansas, 65-year-old cattleman Mike Limon thought he had beaten COVID-19 and went back to work for a few days.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
“It’s an extraordinary coincidence that this many people have gone missing,” Mr. Stoney, the cattleman, said, “but you would hope they’ve all just misstepped and nothing else is involved.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
In 1912, at nineteen, he’d packed a bag, like Huck Finn lighting out for the Territory, and gone to live with his uncle, a domineering cattleman named William K. Hale, in Fairfax.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
According to disgruntled cattlemen, the “Oprah Effect” doesn’t just have the power to boost sales, it can drop them too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 1877, with livestock theft rampant, 40 cattlemen met three hours south of here to cooperate on protection.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Opponents of the state’s system say people don’t really steal cows out of feedlots anymore, and that some cattlemen now steer clear of Nebraska because of its requirements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Many cattlemen and agriculture groups have cried foul over calling the lab-grown variety “meat” and have been lobbying legislators to safeguard the word.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
In South Africa, for example, cattlemen had long been plagued by the blue tick, from which, on one ranch alone, 600 head of cattle had died in one year.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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