stockman
Americannoun
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U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
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a person employed on a stock farm.
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a person in charge of a stock of goods, as in a warehouse.
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a man engaged in the rearing or care of farm livestock, esp cattle
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an owner of cattle or other livestock
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a man employed in a warehouse or stockroom
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Origin of stockman
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Mr Gent said as a stockman, Mr Nixon would ensure the farm did not keep cattle that were aggressive or "over-protective".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
Lockie Kallis, 23, the lead stockman, also cut the horns off them to keep them from hurting people or one another, creating a steady drip of blood.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
“Back in the day, the eye of the stockman was all we had,” says one industry player, “and now we have high-powered analytical tools and can make progress so much faster.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2019
The Nigerian now works as a stockman at a warehouse for a charity organization.
From Reuters ● Mar. 31, 2018
It is at this stage that the tuberculin test comes to the aid of the stockman.
From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Hastings, Edwin George
By 1888, New York politician and sometimes rancher Theodore Roosevelt described Western stockmen as "the pioneers of civilization," who with "their daring and adventurousness make the after settlement of the region possible."
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2024
The court heard the cows were being turned out from two large winter sheds to summer grazing fields by farmer Alistair Nixon and two experienced stockmen.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
“The stockmen and some of the businesses on the north side were unhappy,” said retired University of Texas at Dallas professor Clay Reynolds, author of the 1995 Stock Show history “A Hundred Years of Heroes.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
Clapier said Ponzo tended to two children he had with a girlfriend and to the cows, now being fed by other stockmen.
From Reuters ● Feb. 9, 2011
Ancient Anasazi potsherds mingle in the sand with rusty tin cans discarded by tum- of-the-century stockmen, who grazed and watered their animals in the canyon.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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