stockman
See also: Stockman
English
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Etymology
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Noun
[edit]stockman (plural stockmen)
- A man who raises or looks after livestock.
- Hypernyms: stockperson, man < person
- Coordinate term: stockowner (often coinstantial)
- Near-synonyms: stockkeeper, stockraiser, herder, rancher, cowboy
- 2000, David Golinkin, “The Kashrut of Veal Raised on Factory Farms”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 75:
- A Jew who purchases [such] veal might say: "The stockman is the culprit; I am not doing anything wrong. We would reply with the well-known halakhic principle: "Ein mahzikin b'yedei ovrei averah" — one may not aid and abet a transgressor.
- A man who works in a stockroom.
- Hypernyms: stockperson, stocker, man < person
- Coordinate terms: stockwoman, stockboy, stockgirl
Usage notes
[edit]Some terms suffixed in -man often conventionally refer to any sex or gender, especially in certain derived terms (for example, airman or fireman). In present-day usage, a feminine stockroom worker is more likely to be called a stockperson than a stockman.
Derived terms
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[edit]a man who raises livestock
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person who works in a stockroom
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