Meaning

noun a domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment

origin* As an English, German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the noun stock (“stock, tree stump”), see Stock. * As a Dutch surname, from the noun stocker (“jailer”). * As an English surname, from the noun stocker (“one who sells stockfish”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Stoker. * As an Irish surname, from mac an stocaire (“son of the trumpeter”).

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