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dairywoman

dairywoman

6.5
A woman who works in a dairy making and selling milk products
  • noun
  • /ˈdɛəriˌwʊmən/
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  • The dairywoman delivered fresh milk to our door every morning.

Examples

  • The farm hired a new dairywoman to oversee their milk production.

  • As a skilled dairywoman, she made butter and cheese by hand.

  • The dairywoman sells fresh milk every morning.

  • Many dairywomen are dedicated to their craft.

  • As a skilled dairywoman, she made butter and cheese by hand.

  • The dairywoman delivered fresh milk to our door every morning.

  • The farm hired a new dairywoman to oversee their milk production.

Synonyms

dairy farmer
vsdairywoman
8 2.0

A person who keeps cows on a farm to make milk

is specifically a woman who works in or manages and may sell dairy goods
milkmaid
vsdairywoman
  • Archaic
7 6.8

A woman who milks cows and works in a dairy

covers those tasks but also includes selling and managing the business
dairymaid
vsdairywoman
1 8.2

A woman who works with milk and makes butter or cheese

includes that work but also involves managing or selling products

How Senior

dairyman
1 4.4
dairywoman
6.5
dairymaid
1 8.2

Surface Forms

dairywoman singular
dairywomen plural

Morphology

dairywoman = dairy + woman (transparent) = dairy + woman

A straightforward compound of 'dairy' + 'woman' meaning a woman who works at or manages a dairy.

Etymology

The word dairywoman joins dairy, which means a place for 'milk' and milk products, and woman, and it originally named a woman who worked at a dairy. So a dairywoman is a woman who makes or sells milk, butter, or cheese.