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warehouseman

warehouseman

1 5.5
A person who works in a building where things are stored and moved
  • noun
  • /ˈwɛrhaʊsˌmæn/
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  • As a warehouseman, he was responsible for supervising the loading and unloading of goods.

Examples

  • Now to talk to Chuck Keitzman, the warehouseman and forklift operator, who found Dad under the pipes that fatal morning.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I'll always just be Lowestoft's warbling warehouseman.

  • Miep tells us the warehouseman doesn't know a thing, and we're paying him all that money.

  • "Henderson, John, and Chuck Keitzman, the warehouseman, were standing on the loading dock at the warehouse, looking over John and Chuck's discovery.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • "He is the only supply warehouseman out here, and he was handpicked to deploy," said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Terrell Kelly, the battalion's supply chief.

    Blog text (33)
  • The warehouseman carefully organized the stock to ensure everything was in its proper place.

  • The warehouseman worked long hours to keep the operations running smoothly during the busy season.

Synonyms

warehouser
vswarehouseman
5.6

A person who works in a large building and stores and moves goods

is the male term for the same managerial warehouse role
warehousewoman
vswarehouseman
6.8

A woman who works in or manages a warehouse handling goods

is the male form referring to men in the same warehouse role
storeman
vswarehouseman
  • UK
3.5

A person who receives, keeps, and gives out goods in a warehouse or shop

is specific to warehouse work rather than store or service settings
boxman
vswarehouseman
5.9

A worker who packs and moves boxes in a warehouse

does general warehouse management or labor rather than only packing boxes

How Responsible

dispatcher
113 6.0
router
  • US
1 7.1
warehouseman
1 5.5
sorter
3 2.1

Surface Forms

warehouseman singular
warehousemen plural

Morphology

warehouseman = warehouse + man (transparent) = warehouse + man

Meaning is directly the combination of 'warehouse' and 'man' so learners who know those words can infer 'a man who works in a warehouse'.

Etymology

Warehouseman comes from the words warehouse (made from ware meaning 'goods' and house meaning 'building') and man meaning 'person'. So, a warehouseman is the person who looks after and manages the goods kept in a warehouse.