Dictionary

warehouseman en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English ware English ware Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Middle English hous English house English warehouse Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English warehouseman From warehouse + -man.

Meanings

1. A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse.
   • 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. 1940, War Department Technical Manual, volume 10, number 250, page 117:
   • 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. 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor:
2. (UK, obsolete) One who keeps a wholesale shop for woollen goods.

Forms

Deriveds

Italian warehouseman

Relateds

warehousewoman

Synonyms

storeman · warehouse clerk

Translations (30)

fr manutentionnaire (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · cmn 保管員 /保管员 (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · es guardalmacén (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · de Lagerhalter (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · fi varastotyöntekijä (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · de Lagerverwalter (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · fr magasinier (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · fi varastomies (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · es almacenista (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · bg склададжия (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · ro magazioner (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · es encargado de / del almacén (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · ro magaziner (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · ja 倉庫業者 (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · pl magazynierka (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · pl magazynier (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · fi varastonhoitaja (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · ro depozitar (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · cs skladník (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · hu raktáros (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · cmn 倉庫管理人 /仓库管理人 (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · ru кладовщи́к (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · ota انبارجی (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · es almacenero (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · cs skladnice (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · vi người giữ kho (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · nl magazijnier (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · tr ambarcı (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · de Lagerist (person who manages or works in a warehouse) · la apothecarius (person who manages or works in a warehouse)