stocker

[ stok-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that stocks.
2. a young steer or heifer that is fed chiefly pasture or other roughage prior to more intensive feeding. Compare feeder ( def 4 ).
3. Informal. stock car.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stocker¹

First recorded in 1635–45; stock + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the company’s cashiers, stockers and other front-line workers entered the “new, deadlier phase of the pandemic earning some of the lowest wages in the industry,” the report said.

From Washington Post

Meet the store manager, the affable Jeremy Smith, who worked his way up from produce stocker over his 17-year career.

From The Daily Beast

Mr. Stocker slipped his hand into his pocket, and brought out a small gold coin.

From Project Gutenberg

Women had been known to do remarkable things, and to get their names into books and newspapers; not so Julia Stocker.

From Project Gutenberg

Incidentally it may be mentioned that Mr. Edward Stocker had "a little property" and that Mrs. Stocker looked after it.

From Project Gutenberg

First Mrs. Stocker, with a toss of the head and much rustling of skirts; followed obediently by her husband.

From Project Gutenberg

So Mr. Edward Stocker, with a protesting glance at the others, led the way, and Mrs. Stocker followed.

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