cattleman

noun

cat·​tle·​man ˈka-tᵊl-mən How to pronounce cattleman (audio)
-ˌman
: one who tends or raises cattle

Examples of cattleman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One posed as an insurance salesman, another as a cattleman. Katie Rife, EW.com, 17 July 2023 Closing off the town plaza, men performed daredevil tricks with bulls provided by local wealthy cattlemen. Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024 On Thursday, with the snow piled up in the parking lot, farmers and cattlemen in a ballroom in the Des Moines suburb of Altoona took part in a timeworn political tradition: listening to pitches from Republican presidential contenders eager to woo them. Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024 DiCaprio, in his sixth teaming with Scorsese, plays Ernest Burkhart, the nephew of cattleman William Hale (Robert De Niro). Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2023 Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman star in this six-episode series about an Englishwoman struggling to protect her ranch in the Australian outback with the help of a rugged cattleman. Melissa Kirsch Andrew Lavallee Melissa Clark, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023 This is what cattleman William Hale (Robert De Niro), the devil’s notion of a life coach, lays out as a plan of action for his aimless young nephew Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), just back from the war. Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023 An ambitious but not-very-bright World War I veteran, Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), woos and marries her, largely at the suggestion of his uncle, crooked cattleman William Hale (Robert De Niro), though Ernest does seem to genuinely love Mollie. Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 20 Oct. 2023 It is said area cattlemen, who wanted the sheep and the herders gone, named the spring Borrego, which colloquially can also mean fool. San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cattleman was in 1864

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“Cattleman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cattleman. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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cattleman

noun
cat·​tle·​man -mən How to pronounce cattleman (audio)
-ˌman
: a person who raises cattle

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