Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A man in charge of stores or supplies: as, the storeman's stock of bolts and screws.
  • noun A man employed in a storehouse for the work of storing goods.

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  • noun A warehouseman.

Etymologies

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store +‎ -man

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Examples

  • Mr Bennett recalled a storeman named Mitchell, described in a book by James Merryweather.

    Archive 2008-06-01 M 2008

  • The only thing which later arose to disturb the composure of the storeman was the admission of the dogs to a compartment in the veranda on the eastern side.

    The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

  • Her mother, Bridget, was a shorthand typist before she had her children; her father, Patrick, worked as a storeman at the British Leyland factory in Bathgate.

    The Susan Boyle Phenomenon 2009

  • Her mother, Bridget, was a shorthand typist before she had her children; her father, Patrick, worked as a storeman at the British Leyland factory in Bathgate.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • In 1993 staff numbered 24, comprising one Assistant warden, 23 Wildlife Scouts, one storeman, one cashier and one driver, all based at Debarik.

    Simen National Park, Ethiopia 2008

  • Sends away his lad could be working on the place getting in winter fuel and carting hay with that horse of his, but keeps on his storeman — chief clerk, he calls him.

    The Growth of the Soil 2003

  • While working as a medical storeman he was approached by Basson to find equipment to manufacture the mandrax tablets.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • Storage: maintain minimum possible stock levels in secure, well ventilated rooms under the control of a trained storeman.

    Chapter 7 1997

  • Mr Lemmer found the accused played "as big a role" as his partner, former army Sgt Corne Bence, a storeman at the base, who was sentenced to an effective four years 'imprisonment for his involvement in the racket.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • From 1969-71 Dlamini worked as a storeman with a dye-casting company.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

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