Definition of "woolman" [wool•man]

• A man who deals in wool. (noun)

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• "John Fortey, who rebuilt the nave before he died in 1458; his brass shows him with one foot on a sheep and the other on a woolpack, and the brasses of Thomas Fortey, 'woolman', and of another unknown merchant, with a woolpack, lie near by."
• "By the end of June or the beginning of July the contract woolman who dealt with the Flemish export trade would come to collect the summer's load."
• "The partnership between the two families for business purposes had existed for two generations, and made close contact plausible even for this young sprig who was said to be at odds with his father, and highly unlikely to prove a third successful woolman, his talent being more highly developed in spending the money his father made."