Meanings
plural warehousemen
- A person who manages, or works in, a warehouse.
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.
1940, War Department Technical Manual, volume 10, number 250, page 1171 more example
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.
1851, Henry Mayhew, “Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London PoorSynonyms: storeman, warehouse clerk
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who manages, or works in, a warehouse.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*warō
- Proto-West Germanic*waru
- Old Englishwaru
- Middle Englishware
- Englishware
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*hūsą
- Proto-West Germanic*hūs
- Old Englishhūs
- Middle Englishhous
- Englishhouse
- Englishwarehouse
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishwarehouseman
Translations
Bulgarian склададжия
- склададжия (skladadžija)person who manages or works in a warehouse
Chinese Mandarin 倉庫管理人 /仓库管理人, 保管員 /保管员
- 倉庫管理人 /仓库管理人 (cāngkù guǎnlǐrén)person who manages or works in a warehouse
- 保管員 /保管员 (bǎoguǎnyuán)person who manages or works in a warehouse
Czech skladník, skladnice
- skladníkperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- skladniceperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Dutch magazijnier
- magazijnierperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Finnish varastomies, varastotyöntekijä
- varastomiesperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- varastotyöntekijäperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- varastonhoitajaperson who manages or works in a warehouse
French magasinier, manutentionnaire
- magasinierperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- manutentionnaireperson who manages or works in a warehouse
German Lagerhalter, Lagerverwalter
- Lagerhalterperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- Lagerverwalterperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- Lageristperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Hungarian raktáros
- raktárosperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Japanese 倉庫業者
- 倉庫業者 (sōkogyōsha)person who manages or works in a warehouse
Latin apothecarius
- apothecariusperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Polish magazynier, magazynierka
- magazynierperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- magazynierkaperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Romanian magaziner, magazioner
- magazinerperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- magazionerperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- depozitarperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Russian кладовщи́к
- кладовщи́к (kladovščík)person who manages or works in a warehouse
Spanish encargado de/del almacén, almacenista
- encargado de/del almacénperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- almacenistaperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- almaceneroperson who manages or works in a warehouse
- guardalmacénperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Turkish ambarcı
- ambarcıperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Vietnamese người giữ kho
- người giữ khoperson who manages or works in a warehouse
Cite this entry
warehouseman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warehouseman
“warehouseman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warehouseman. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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