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warehouseman

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who keeps a wholesale shop for woollen goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, obsolete

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a workman who manages or works in a warehouse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: warehouser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English ware Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English warehouse Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English warehouseman From warehouse + -man.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: склададжия (skladadžija) — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倉庫管理人 /仓库管理人 (cāngkù guǎnlǐrén) — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Chinese Mandarin: 保管員 /保管员 (bǎoguǎnyuán) — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Czech: skladník — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Czech: skladnice — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Dutch: magazijnier — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Finnish: varastomies — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Finnish: varastotyöntekijä — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Finnish: varastonhoitaja — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • French: magasinier — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • French: manutentionnaire — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • German: Lagerhalter — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • German: Lagerverwalter — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • German: Lagerist — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Hungarian: raktáros — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Japanese: 倉庫業者 (sōkogyōsha) — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Latin: apothecarius — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Polish: magazynier — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Polish: magazynierka — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Romanian: magaziner — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Romanian: magazioner — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Romanian: depozitar — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Russian: кладовщи́к (kladovščík) — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Spanish: encargado de / del almacén — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Spanish: almacenista — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Spanish: almacenero — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Spanish: guardalmacén — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Turkish: ambarcı — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Ottoman Turkish: انبارجی (anbarcı) — person who manages or works in a warehouse
  • Vietnamese: người giữ kho — person who manages or works in a warehouse