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warehouseman|ˈwɛəhaʊsmən, ˈwɛərəsmən|
[f. warehouse n. + man n.]
1. A man employed in or having the charge of a warehouse.
1635in Times Lit. Suppl. (1918) 5 Sept. 416/2 Hee was one that was at the imbayling thereof, for twas his place beeing warehousman alwayes to doo that businesse. 1798Bay's Rep. (1809) I. 45 The custom is for a shop-keeper to send home goods in the care of a trusty servant or warehouse man. 1850J. H. Newman Serm. Var. Occ. xii. (1881) 233 He began..with the poor; then he went among shopmen, warehousemen, clerks in banks. 1872Daily News 15 July, A cricket match at the Kennington Oval in which all the players are warehousemen. 1885Law Times Rep. LII. 648/1 Plowright was..employed as a warehouseman by a firm of general merchants in Manchester.
b. (See quot. and warehouse n. 1 f.)
1875Southward Dict. Typogr., Warehouseman, the person who has charge of the warehouse.
2. A wholesale merchant (esp. a trader in textile materials) who has a warehouse for the storing of merchandise.
1677Lond. Gaz. No. 1208/4 Robert Harper Apprentice to John Briant at the Golden Cross in Cateaton-street, London, Warehouse-man,..Ran away from his said Master on the 15 day of June. 1708Ibid. No. 4427/16 Whereas a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded against Thomas Carey, late of London, Warehouse-man. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesm. xxxii. (1841) II. 1 The wholesale tradesman is frequently called a warehouse-man, or factor. 1887Brit. Textile Warehouseman 15 Sept. 463 Mr. Campbell is not merely a warehouseman but a manufacturer of the goods displayed. 1903Times 12 Mar. 11/3 Berlin Textiles... Warehousemen report a pause in the demand.
b. Italian warehouseman: see Italian a. |