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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Etymology
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
Another Texas cattleman who traveled to ExpoZebu in 2023 to scope out the genetics scene was more critical, calling Viatina-19, and cows like her, “man-made freaks.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
“You try to ask a mountain cattleman, and he’ll say, ‘We don’t talk about it up here,’” Mr. Leydon said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
The tradition of the frontier cattleman is as tenderly nurtured in Texas as is the hint of Norman blood in England.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
The New World screwworm has prompted cattlemen to use drones and step up inspections to protect herds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
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
The hotel, one of the tallest buildings in town, was built in 1908 and catered to cattlemen, loggers, farmers and businessmen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 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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