1. A man placed in charge of stores or supplies; a storekeeper, esp. in the army.
1859. F. A. Griffiths, Artil. Man. (1862), 113. No. 10 … performs the general duties of storeman.
1910. Blackw. Mag., Feb., 256/2. The accused [soldier], a man of long service and excellent character, was ‘storeman’ of his company.
2. A workman employed in the storage of goods.
1885. Morning Post, 2 Sept., 3/7. The question of wages of shifters and storemen has been referred to arbitration.
3. U.S. and Colonial. One who keeps, or serves in, a ‘store’ or ‘stores’; a shopkeeper, shopman. Also storesman.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Storeman, the keeper of a general store; a shopman, one who serves in a store.
1862. F. Sinnett, Acc. S. Australia, 35. Rates of wages obtainable…. Storemen, 7s. to 8s. [per day].
1885. W. Greswell, in Macm. Mag., Feb., 281/2. If the storesman is in his turn engrossed in apparently eager and excited talk it is generally about a bond which wants renewing, or an ostrich, or some oranges or mealies, or the next clip of wool.
