warehouseman

CEFRB2

/ˈwɛərhaʊsmən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who works in a warehouse.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    One who keeps a wholesale shop for woollen goods.

Examples

  • A warehouseman is a person whose job is to work in a warehouse.

  • The warehouseman moved the heavy boxes to the loading dock area.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning
  1. A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse.

More examples

In context
  • The warehouseman organized the pallets using a large forklift.

  • But the itinerant tradesman or street-seller is still further distinguished from the regular fixed dealer—the stallkeeper from the shopkeeper—the street-wareman from the warehouseman, by the arts they respectively employ to attract custom.

  • If a recount of an item is ordered, the warehouseman responsible for the custody of the stock accompanies and assists the rechecker to assure himself that the exact quantity of stock recorded as on hand is actually physically present.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank loaded the heavy crates onto the waiting delivery trucks.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From warehouse + -man.