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stock·man

 (stŏk′mən)
n.
1. A person who owns or raises livestock.
2. A person who is in charge of livestock or works on a stock farm.
3. A person who is employed in a stockroom or warehouse.
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stockman

(ˈstɒkmən; -ˌmæn)
n, pl -men
1. (Agriculture)
a. a man engaged in the rearing or care of farm livestock, esp cattle
b. an owner of cattle or other livestock
2. (Professions) US and Canadian a man employed in a warehouse or stockroom
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stock•man

(ˈstɒk mən or, for 3, -ˌmæn)

n., pl. -men (-mən or, for 3, -ˌmɛn)
1. a person who raises livestock.
2. a person in charge of a stock of goods, as in a warehouse.
[1800–10]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.stockman - farmer who breed or raises livestockstockman - farmer who breed or raises livestock
breeder, stock breeder - a person who breeds animals
beef man, cattleman, cow man - a man who raises (or tends) cattle
farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster - a person who operates a farm
sheepman - a man who raises (or tends) sheep
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Translations

stockman

[ˈstɒkmən] N (stockmen (pl)) (Agr) → ganadero m
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Go, then, one or other of you to the plain, tell the stockman to look me out a heifer, and come on here with it at once.
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