A man who attends to cattle; a rearer of cattle on a ranche or run.
1878. E. C. G. Murray, Round about France, 298. You promised me one, answered the cattleman.
1885. Boston (Mass.) Jrnl., 26 July, 2/3. His proclamation ordering the removal of the cattlemen.
1887. Pall Mall Gaz., 2 Feb., 11/2. The cattle men cannot legally keep the sheep men off their ranges. Under these circumstances, the cattle ranche business has been almost destroyed in many parts of the United States.
