warehouseman

noun

ware·​house·​man ˈwer-ˌhau̇s-mən How to pronounce warehouseman (audio)
: a person who manages or works in a warehouse

Examples of warehouseman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Teamsters Local 399, which represents studio drivers, dispatchers and warehousemen, also expressed support for the WGA on Sunday. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Apr. 2023 Autoworkers, mine workers, longshoremen, warehousemen and the Teamsters joined or rejoined the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023 My grandfather was a warehouseman. Todd Nelson Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 13 Sep. 2020 The resulting behaviors comprise the key competences beyond mere locomotion required for robust implementation on a legged mobile manipulator of a simple version of the warehouseman’s problem. IEEE Spectrum, 6 Sep. 2019 After working in construction and restaurants, Mr. Respers went to work in 1973 as a warehouseman for McCormick & Co., which was then located on Light Street in the Inner Harbor. Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 6 Mar. 2021 In a country where Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front made it to the run-off in the next presidential election, Mr Zidane—the son of an Algerian warehouseman—became the face of a more tolerant France. The Economist, 7 June 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1635, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of warehouseman was in 1635

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“Warehouseman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warehouseman. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.

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