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dairyman

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A man who works in a dairy, as:

Synonym of dairy farmer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dairy farmer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dairyer

2

noun

Meaning 2

A man who works in a dairy, as:

A food processing technician working on pasteurization, bottling, cheesemaking, or other tasks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dairyer

3

noun

Meaning 3

A man who delivers dairy products.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: milkman

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a man who works in a dairy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farmhand, fieldhand, field hand, farm worker

5

noun

Meaning 5

the owner or manager of a dairy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dairy farmer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: farmer, husbandman, granger, sodbuster

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English dairy Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English dairyman From dairy + -man.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: meijerityöntekijä — man who works in a dairy
  • Polish: mleczarz — man who works in a dairy
  • Polish: dojarz — man who works in a dairy
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