WAREHOUSEMAN

warehouser, warehouseman

(noun) a workman who manages or works in a warehouse

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

warehouseman (plural warehousemen)

A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse.

(UK, obsolete) One who keeps a wholesale shop for woollen goods.

Synonyms

• storeman

• warehouse clerk

Source: Wiktionary


Ware"house`man, n.; pl. Warehousemen (.

1. One who keeps a warehouse; the owner or keeper of a dock warehouse or wharf store.

2. One who keeps a wholesale shop or store for Manchester or woolen goods. [Eng.] Warehouseman's itch (Med.), a form of eczema occurring on the back of the hands of warehousemen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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