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stock·man

(stŏk′mən)

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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Noun

stockman - farmer who breed or raises livestock

stock farmer, stock raiser

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

Translations

mandriano

stockman

[ˈstɒkmən] N (stockmen (pl)) (Agr) → ganadero m

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