: one occupied as an owner or worker in the raising of livestock (such as cattle or sheep)
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In the early 1990s, a stockman noticed cattle drinking at a place where no water should have been available.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
The larger piece found its way to the Esperance Museum, but the smaller piece remained undiscovered until the curious stockman uncovered it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
In addition to being a pilot, Rhiley worked as a stockman, per The Guardian.
—Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
The hill where the breach happened was a landmark to locals and used to be a popular destination for hayrides, said Bill Pannbacker, a farmer and stockman.
—John Hanna, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
Set in Alice Springs, Australia, in 1929, the movie tracks the fate of Sam (a fine Hamilton Morris), an Aboriginal stockman forced to flee after killing a white farmer in self-defense.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
The Oregon Badlands are home to ancient Native American petroglyphs, which pop up on weathered rocks, as well as remnants of white settlement, like an old stockman’s shelter and a fenced-off cistern on the side of the trail.
—OregonLive.com, 15 Oct. 2017
If there’s any sort of trouble on public lands that affects ranchers in any minor way, that stockman calls his congressman, calls his county commissioner, calls his councilman.
—National Geographic, 12 Feb. 2016
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
The larger piece found its way to the Esperance Museum, but the smaller piece remained undiscovered until the curious stockman uncovered it.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2023
In addition to being a pilot, Rhiley worked as a stockman, per The Guardian.
—Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
The hill where the breach happened was a landmark to locals and used to be a popular destination for hayrides, said Bill Pannbacker, a farmer and stockman.
—John Hanna, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2022
Set in Alice Springs, Australia, in 1929, the movie tracks the fate of Sam (a fine Hamilton Morris), an Aboriginal stockman forced to flee after killing a white farmer in self-defense.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
The Oregon Badlands are home to ancient Native American petroglyphs, which pop up on weathered rocks, as well as remnants of white settlement, like an old stockman’s shelter and a fenced-off cistern on the side of the trail.
—OregonLive.com, 15 Oct. 2017
If there’s any sort of trouble on public lands that affects ranchers in any minor way, that stockman calls his congressman, calls his county commissioner, calls his councilman.
—National Geographic, 12 Feb. 2016
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First Known Use
1806, in the meaning defined above
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