Phrase guide

dairy farmer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A farmer who maintains a herd of dairy cows for the production of milk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the owner or manager of a dairy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dairyman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster

History

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 奶農 /奶农 (nǎinóng) — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Danish: mælkeproducent — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Danish: mælkebonde — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Finnish: maitotilallinen — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • German: Milchbauer — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Macedonian: млекар (mlekar) — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Māori: kaipāmu kutētē — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Māori: kaipāmu kau kutētē — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Norwegian Bokmål: melkebonde — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Polish: hodowca bydła mlecznego — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Polish: hodowczyni bydła mlecznego — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Turkish: mandıracı — farmer who keeps dairy cows
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماندرهجی (mandracı) — farmer who keeps dairy cows