单词 | warehouseman |
释义 | warehousemann. 1. a. A man employed in or having the charge of a warehouse. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > in warehouse or store warehouseman1635 warehouse-keeper1683 storeman1885 stock-keeper1902 stocker1921 1635 in 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. 1798 E. H. Bay Rep. Cases Superior Courts S.-Carolina 45 The custom is for a merchant or shop-keeper to send home goods to a customer, under the care of a trusty servant or warehouse man. 1850 J. H. Newman Serm. Var. Occasions (1881) xii. 233 He began..with the poor; then he went among shopmen, warehousemen, clerks in banks. 1872 Daily News 15 July A cricket match at the Kennington Oval in which all the players are warehousemen. 1885 Law Times Rep. 52 648/1 Plowright was..employed as a warehouseman by a firm of general merchants in Manchester. b. (See quot. 1875 and warehouse n. f.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > one in charge of warehouse warehouseman1875 1875 J. Southward Dict. Typogr. (ed. 2) 136 Warehouseman, the person who has charge of the warehouse. 2. a. A wholesale merchant (esp. a trader in textile materials) who has a warehouse for the storing of merchandise. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > merchant > [noun] > merchant owning warehouse warehouseman1677 1677 London 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. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4427/16 Whereas a Commission of Bankrupt is awarded against Thomas Carey, late of London, Warehouse-man. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman (ed. 2) I. Suppl. iii. 36 The wholesale Tradesman, frequently call'd a warehouse man or factor. 1887 Brit. Textile Warehouseman 15 Sept. 463 Mr. Campbell is not merely a warehouseman but a manufacturer of the goods displayed. 1903 Times 12 Mar. 11/3 Berlin Textiles... Warehousemen report a pause in the demand. b. Italian warehouseman: see Italian warehouseman n. at Italian adj. and n. Special uses 2. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1635 |
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