noun
a dealer in poultry and poultry products
• Syn: ↑poulterer
• Hypernyms: ↑merchant, ↑merchandiser
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\\-mən\ noun (plural poultrymen)1.
a. : one that raises domestic fowls especially on a commercial scale for the production of eggs and meat
b. : a dealer in poultry or poultry products
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/pohl"tree meuhn/, n., pl. poultrymen.
1. a person who raises domestic fowls, esp. chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
2. a poultry dealer, esp. one who sells chickens at retail for cooking.
[1565-75; POULTRY + -MAN]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.