stocker

American  

[stok-er] / ˈstɒk ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that stocks.

2. a young steer or heifer that is fed chiefly pasture or other roughage prior to more intensive feeding.

3. Informal. stock car.

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Etymology

Origin of stocker

First recorded in 1635–45; stock + -er ¹

Example Sentences

They include a supermarket stocker who can’t afford to buy the groceries he puts on shelves, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Boasting everything from pickle and Caesar salad, to butter and even shiitake mushrooms, today's candy canes run the gamut of gag gifts and stocker stuffers to actually, surprisingly tasty treats.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2022

Christopher White told an overnight stocker at Sam’s Club as he typed the man’s information into his laptop computer.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022

Monica Chatman was a single mother working two jobs, as a grocery store stocker and a FedEx driver, when she landed at Tesla in late 2016.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2022

The stocker cuts away enough of the stock to receive the barrel, the lock, the ramrod, and shapes it a little.

From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel