warehouseman

English

Etymology

From warehouse +‎ -man.

Noun

warehouseman (plural warehousemen)

1. A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse.
   • 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor:

     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.

   • 1940, War Department Technical Manual, volume 10, number 250, page 117:

     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.

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

Synonyms

• storeman
• warehouse clerk

Derived terms

• Italian warehouseman

 

Related terms

• warehousewoman

Translations

person who manages or works in a warehouse

• Bulgarian: склададжия m (skladadžija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倉庫管理人／仓库管理人 (cāngkù guǎnlǐrén), 保管員／保管员 (zh) (bǎoguǎnyuán)

• Czech: skladník (cs) m, skladnice f
• Finnish: varastomies (fi) (dated); varastotyöntekijä, varastonhoitaja
• French: magasinier (fr) m, manutentionnaire (fr) m
• German: Lagerhalter (de) m, Lagerverwalter m, Lagerist (de) m
• Hungarian: raktáros (hu)
• Japanese: 倉庫業者 (そうこぎょうしゃ, sōkogyōsha)
• Latin: apothecarius m
• Ottoman Turkish: انبارجی (anbarcı)
• Polish: magazynier m, magazynierka f
• Romanian: magaziner (ro) m, magazioner (ro) m, depozitar (ro) m
• Russian: кладовщи́к (ru) m (kladovščík)
• Spanish: encargado del almacén m, almacenista (es) m, almacenero (es) m, guardalmacén m
• Turkish: ambarcı (tr)
• Vietnamese: người giữ kho