🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

dueño de ganado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dueño de ganado

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Livestock-owner/ˈlaɪvˌstɒk ˈoʊnər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El dueño de ganado se asegura de que los animales estén bien cuidados."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who owns and raises livestock, typically for agricultural production.

    "The livestock-owner ensured that the cattle were well-fed and healthy."
  2. 2

    An individual responsible for the care and management of farm animals.

    "As a livestock-owner, she had to keep detailed records of her animals' health."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'livestock' originates from the Old English 'līf' meaning 'life' and 'stoc' meaning 'place' or 'stock', referring to domesticated animals raised for agricultural purposes. The compound 'owner' comes from the Old English 'āgen', meaning 'to possess'. Over time, the combination has evolved to specifically denote individuals who own and manage livestock.

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