name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stockman
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: S T AA1 K M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A man who raises or looks after livestock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: stockkeeper, stockraiser, herder, rancher, cowboy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stockkeeper, stockraiser, herder, rancher, cowboy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stockperson, man, person
noun
Meaning 3
A man who works in a stockroom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stockperson, stocker, man, person
noun
Meaning 4
farmer who breed or raises livestock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stock raiser, stock farmer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster
Narrower terms: breeder, stock breeder, cattleman, cow man, beef man, sheepman
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- Proto-Germanic *stikanąder. Proto-Germanic *stukkaz Proto-West Germanic *stokk Old English stocc Middle English stok English stock Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stockman From stock + -man.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ancient Greek: κτηνοτρόφος (ktēnotróphos) — a man who raises livestock
- Latin: pecuārius — a man who raises livestock
- Macedonian: сто́чар (stóčar) — a man who raises livestock
- Ukrainian: скота́р (skotár) — a man who raises livestock
- Macedonian: магационе́р (magacionér) — person who works in a stockroom
- Portuguese: almoxarife — person who works in a stockroom