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cheesemaker

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person skilled in the art of making cheese

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Middle English chese-maker, chese-makere, equivalent to cheese + maker. Displaced Old English ċīeswyrhta.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: gaztagile — person skilled in making cheese
  • Catalan: formatger — person skilled in making cheese
  • Catalan: formatgera — person skilled in making cheese
  • Dutch: kaasmaker — person skilled in making cheese
  • Dutch: kaasmaakster — person skilled in making cheese
  • Finnish: juustomestari — person skilled in making cheese
  • French: fromager — person skilled in making cheese
  • French: fromagère — person skilled in making cheese
  • French: fromagier — person skilled in making cheese
  • French: fromagière — person skilled in making cheese
  • Galician: queixeiro — person skilled in making cheese
  • Galician: queixeira — person skilled in making cheese
  • German: Käsemacher — person skilled in making cheese
  • German: Käser — person skilled in making cheese
  • German: Käsemacherin — person skilled in making cheese
  • German: Kaser — person skilled in making cheese
  • German: Kaserin — person skilled in making cheese
  • Greek: τυροκόμος (tyrokómos) — person skilled in making cheese
  • Ancient Greek: τυροποιός (turopoiós) — person skilled in making cheese
  • Irish: cáiseoir — person skilled in making cheese
  • Italian: formaggiaio — person skilled in making cheese
  • Old English: ċīeswyrhta — person skilled in making cheese
  • Polish: serowar — person skilled in making cheese
  • Portuguese: queijeiro — person skilled in making cheese
  • Portuguese: queijeira — person skilled in making cheese
  • Romanian: brânzar — person skilled in making cheese
  • Romanian: brânzăreasă — person skilled in making cheese
  • Russian: сыроде́л (syrodél) — person skilled in making cheese
  • Russian: сыровар (syrovar) — person skilled in making cheese
  • Sicilian: furmaggiaru — person skilled in making cheese
  • Spanish: quesero — person skilled in making cheese
  • Spanish: quesera — person skilled in making cheese
  • Tagalog: magkekeso — person skilled in making cheese
  • Ottoman Turkish: پنیرجی (penirci) — person skilled in making cheese
  • Welsh: cawsiwr — person skilled in making cheese
  • Welsh: cawswraig — person skilled in making cheese