Warehouseman

{{Short description|Person who works in a warehouse}}

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A warehouseman, also known as a warehouse worker, warehouse operator, or warehouse technician, is someone who works in a warehouse, usually delivering goods for sale or storage, or, in older usage, someone who owns a warehouse and sells goods directly from it or from a shop fronting onto the warehouse (similar to a modern Cash and carry).[http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?warehouseman Websters Dictionary]

An Italian warehouseman was someone who stocked goods from Italy such as pasta, olive oil, pickles, perfumes, fruits, paints and pigments (they were often known as Oil and Italian warehouseman or Oilman and Italian warehouseman to highlight the selling of oil products).[http://www.chippingcampdenhistory.org.uk/static_35.htm Campden & District Historical & Archaeological Society]

A Manchester warehouseman was a wholesaler of linen and cloth made in the factories surrounding Manchester in the North-West of England.[http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307263735&view=excerpt The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs. Beeton excerpt], Kathryn Hughes, April 2006

In law, a warehouseman can be entitled to a warehouseman's lien for work done but not yet paid for.