milkmaid
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈmɪlkˌmeɪd/
- Archaic
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- Jenner's illustration of cowpox lesions on the hand of Sarah Nelmes, a milkmaid.
- Vermeer’s "The Milkmaid"
Examples
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A Vermeer milkmaid: a gracefully arced stream of milk that always looked warm.
Fiction book (2000) -
I overtook another milkmaid with a larger herd.
Fiction book (1991) -
Um, I was a milkmaid when I was going through high school, so I worked with him on the farm, so whatever he says goes.
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Right there is the milkmaid in chief, Petula Spencer.
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For a week those boys tore up and down the county, making stops for every teacher, preacher and milkmaid in sight.
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PHOTO (COLOR): Vermeer's sublime 1660 painting of a milkmaid instantly evokes a time and place, in part with well-chosen period details.
Academic text (2008) -
She worked as a milkmaid on a nearby farm for several summers, milking cows early in the morning.
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In her village, many milkmaids can be seen tending to the cows and delivering fresh milk daily.
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The milkmaid skillfully handled the cows and ensured the milk was collected cleanly for the dairy.
Synonyms
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8.2
A woman who works with milk and makes butter or cheese
A woman who works in a dairy making and selling milk products
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Milkmaid comes from the two simple words milk and maid, where maid used to mean 'young woman' or 'female servant'. So a milkmaid is literally a woman whose job is to milk cows and work in a dairy.