dairymaid

English

Etymology

dairy +‎ maid

Noun

dairymaid (plural dairymaids)

1. A woman who works in a dairy.
   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.

Synonyms

• dairywoman
• dey
• milkmaid

Translations

woman who works in a dairy

• German: Milchmädchen (de) n, Sennerin (de) f, Melkerin (de) f
• Hungarian: fejőlány
• Norwegian: budeie m or f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: lăptăreasă (ro) f
• Spanish: lechera (es) f
• Swedish: mjölkpiga c