What is another word for stockman?

Pronunciation: [stˈɒkmən] (IPA)

Stockman is a term used to describe an individual who takes care of livestock, particularly cattle. However, there are several other words that can be used interchangeably with stockman to describe this same profession. One of them is cowboy, which describes a person who herds cattle and performs ranch-related tasks. A cattleman is also a synonym for stockman and implies a professional career associated with the breeding, raising, and selling of beef cattle. Herdsman, on the other hand, refers specifically to someone who manages and cares for a herd of animals, but can also be used to describe a stockman. Finally, grazier is another synonym for a stockman, indicating someone who operates a ranch or farm that is primarily focused on grazing livestock.

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    • Proper noun, singular
      stockmann.

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Usage examples for Stockman

He continued, chuckling, as though enjoying the joke: He's saying-the Schoolmaster-that Young Davey was a good stockman, and when he quarrelled with his father he gave him a job and was paying him wages, reg'lar, till he got something else to do, or went home again.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
To Sax's surprise, a black stockman, riding in the rear of the mob, kept these stragglers at the top of their pace.
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman
There was an iron hut divided into two rooms where the manager and the white stockman lived.
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman

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