milker

English

Etymology

From Middle English milkere, equivalent to milk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

milker (plural milkers)

1. An animal, such as a dairy cow, kept for the milk it produces.
2. A person who milks.
3. A milking machine.
4. (poker) A conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand.
5. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman’s breast.

Hyponyms

• milkmaid

Translations

dairy cow

• Bashkir: һауын һыйыр (hawïn hïyïr)
• Bulgarian: дойна крава f (dojna krava)

• Finnish: lypsyeläin; lypsylehmä (fi) (dairy cow)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: mjølkar m, mjølkeku f

• Spanish: lechera (es) f, vaca lechera (es) f

person who milks

• Bashkir: һауынсы (hawïnsï) (person, usually female)
• Finnish: lypsäjä (fi)
• German: Melker (de) m, Melkerin (de) f
• Italian: mungitore (it) m, mungitrice (it) f

• Russian: доя́рка (ru) f (dojárka) (female)
• Spanish: ordeñador (es) m, ordeñadora (es) f
• Swedish: mjölkare c
• Volapük: (♂♀) tätan (vo), (♂) hitätan, (♀) jitätan (vo), (♀) jitetan (older term)

machine which milks — see milking machine

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} дояч m (dojač)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} mungitore (it) m, mungitrice (it) f
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} triyeux m

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