stockmen
- plural of stockman.
Example Sentences
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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
