noun
- a person who deals in wool, especially a wool merchant or trader
Usage: historical
Examples
- The woolman traveled from farm to farm buying fleeces.
- John Woolman was a famous 18th-century Quaker minister and woolman.
- The local woolman offered fair prices for the shepherd’s wool.
- Medieval woolmen were important figures in the textile trade.
- The woolman’s warehouse was filled with bales of raw wool.