stockman
6
6.5
- noun
- /ˈstɑkˌmən/
:
ganadero
- The experienced stockman skillfully herded the cattle across the open field.
Examples
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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.
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They shave their heads, make 'em look like boys... and work 'em like any other stockman during the day.
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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.
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The stockman carefully inspected the young calves to ensure they were healthy.
Synonyms
4
4.2
A person who raises and looks after cattle on a farm or ranch
1
5.0
A person who looks after and moves a group of animals like cows or sheep
1
3.7
A person who raises farm animals to sell or for food
1
5.5
A person who looks after cows on a farm or ranch, often riding a horse
A person who keeps and breeds animals like cows and sheep for meat or milk
A farmer who raises animals like cattle or sheep for food and milk
A person who looks after a group of animals like cows or sheep
A man who raises and cares for sheep
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.