poultryman

[ pohl-tree-muhn ]

noun

, plural poul·try·men.

1. a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
2. a poultry dealer, especially one who sells chickens at retail for cooking.

poultryman

/ ˈpəʊltrɪmən /

noun

1. Also calledchicken farmer a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
2. a dealer in poultry, esp one who sells the dressed carcasses

Word History and Origins

Origin of poultryman¹

First recorded in 1565–75; poultry + -man

Example Sentences

They belonged to nobody in particular; the pigeons were fed by the people around; the fowls were probably kept there by some poultryman.

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Michael the poultryman was adding the little garden and the stall in the Poultry to his own business.

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He finished and he had no sooner shut the henhouse door than he ceased being a poultryman and became a hunter.

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Soil Type.—The prospective poultryman will, if he is wise, make sure that the soil is adapted to the project.

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The head could also be made use of, I should think, for the poultryman, my very good friend who lives on the square, said to me secretly that it would make a wonderful dovecote.

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