English to Afrikaans Meaning of stockman - Stockman

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Definitions of stockman in English

Noun(1) farmer who breed or raises livestock

Examples of stockman in English

(1) Before becoming a cook in the Papunya canteen, he worked, as his name implies, as a stockman at Napperby cattle station.(2) I had imagined Aboriginal jackaroos working for the stockman and once he died he wanted them to be paid their wages and let go.(3) He came alone to Australia at the age of 16 and for some years he worked as an itinerant stockman on cattle stations in central Queensland and the Gulf country.(4) At the age of 93, the late Dominic was the oldest man in the parish, he was a diligent farmer, an astute stockman and his long life was a model of gentleness and quiet respectability.(5) An unlikely stockman has been stationed at the Santavan cattle yards near Berry Springs, 50 kilometres south of Darwin for the past couple of weeks.(6) The young men had little experience of working with cattle and although they all dressed as stockmen they had no serious interest in learning the trade and no stomach for its hours and hardships.(7) He listened to bush mothers and stockmen , drovers and graziers, troops going into and returning from battle, committees, councils, prime ministers, popes and royalty.(8) Aborigines who worked as drovers and stockmen on cattle stations were largely ignored until the appearance of works such as Born in the Cattle.(9) Anthony is as lean and fit as his stockmen and they work together like a well-oiled machine, mustering the cattle through today's weaning, weighing and dipping with practiced ease.(10) It is not a day off for farmers and stockmen , any more than Christmas Day.(11) On the cattle stations, an industry vital to Queensland, Aboriginal stockmen outnumbered white stockmen by 5 or 6 to 1.(12) As long as people can remember the North Western Cattle breeders were the flag bearers for stockmen of the West of Ireland always giving a prompt and excellent service.(13) Of the 187 whites killed, the majority were convicts working as shepherds and stockmen on isolated properties in remote locations.(14) While his journey to the region last month lacked the sheep, cattle and stockmen of his previous visit, he said the place had retained its charm.(15) Without a hundred years of hard work done by black stockmen Australia wouldn't even have a beef cattle industry.(16) Practically the only work Australian Aborigines once had was as stockmen but the vast majority of those were thrown out of work by the introduction of a minimum wage law in 1966.

Related Phrases of stockman

(1) stockman ::

Stockman

(2) man ::

man

(3) stock ::

voorraad

Related Phrases of stockman

(1) stockman ::

Stockman

(2) man ::

man

(3) stock ::

voorraad

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Noun

English to Afrikaans Dictionary: stockman

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English to Afrikaans Dictionary: stockman

Meaning and definitions of stockman, translation in Afrikaans language for stockman with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of stockman in Afrikaans and in English language.

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