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.
noun
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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
Etymology
Origin of stockman
Example Sentences
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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
Farmer Robert Osborne and stockman Iain Robertson said they struggled for two-and-a-half hours to get the calf free.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2019
“Back in the day, the eye of the stockman was all we had, and now we have high-powered analytical tools and can make progress so much faster.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2019
The Nigerian now works as a stockman at a warehouse for a charity organization.
From Reuters • Mar. 31, 2018
There are, moreover, some minor operations upon cattle, some of which can hardly be classed as surgical, that the stockman and farmer should be able to perform himself.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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