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stockman

stockman

6 6.5
A person who cares for and raises farm animals like cattle or sheep
  • noun
  • /ˈstɑkˌmən/
translation icon : ganadero
  • The experienced stockman skillfully herded the cattle across the open field.

Examples

  • What Mr. Stockman is talking about is forming a common marketing agency covering the two countries and several farm commodities.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Kelly Stockman, the director of the National Farmer's Organization for North Dakota, has said that the organization wants to market commodities together, such as feed or cattle, hogs, canola, flax, and other commodities not controlled by the Canadian Wheat Board.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In his stockman life, dogs had been a natural necessity.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I got all 'em names right out of the Stockman's Association Brand Book.

  • They shave their heads, make 'em look like boys... and work 'em like any other stockman during the day.

  • Traditional subsistence strategies of the backwoods farmer-stockman were threatened.

    Academic text (1999)
  • As a dedicated stockman, he spends long hours caring for the sheep on his farm.

  • The stockman carefully inspected the young calves to ensure they were healthy.

Synonyms

cattleman
vsstockman
4 4.2

A person who raises and looks after cattle on a farm or ranch

applies more broadly to raising various types of livestock, not only cattle
herdsman
vsstockman
1 5.0

A person who looks after and moves a group of animals like cows or sheep

focuses on breeding and raising animals rather than only herding and moving them
stock breeder
vsstockman
1 3.7

A person who raises farm animals to sell or for food

focuses more on general raising and care rather than breeding only
cowman
vsstockman
  • UK
1 5.5

A person who looks after cows on a farm or ranch, often riding a horse

is broader, covering all livestock breeding or raising jobs, not only cattle
stock raiser
vsstockman
4.4

A person who keeps and breeds animals like cows and sheep for meat or milk

is the male-specific term rather than the neutral occupational name
stock farmer
vsstockman
  • UK
2.5

A farmer who raises animals like cattle or sheep for food and milk

is the male-specific term rather than the general farmer label
herdman
vsstockman
4.1

A person who looks after a group of animals like cows or sheep

is the male-specific term emphasizing the breeding and raising role
sheepman
vsstockman
8.0

A man who raises and cares for sheep

is broader, covering the raising of different livestock species, not only sheep

How Senior

rancher
  • US
88 2.7
stockman
6 6.5
farmhand
8 3.0

Surface Forms

stockman singular
stockmen plural

Morphology

stockman = stock + man (transparent) = stock + man

A straightforward compound 'stock' + 'man' meaning a person who tends or manages livestock; B1 learners who know both components will generally infer the sense.

Etymology

The word stockman comes from stock, used in livestock, meaning 'animals kept on a farm', and man, meaning 'a person', so a stockman is a person who cares for and raises farm animals.