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milkmaid

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dairymaid, dairywoman

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a woman who works in a dairy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dairymaid

Antonyms: none provided

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

History

Etymology

From milk + maid.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حالِبَه، عامِلَه في ملْبَنَه — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Armenian: կաթնավաճառուհի (katʻnavačaṙuhi) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Azerbaijani: sağıcı — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Bashkir: һауынсы (hawınsı) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Belarusian: дая́рка (dajárka) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Bulgarian: доя́чка (dojáčka) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Catalan: lletera — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擠奶女工 /挤奶女工 (jǐnǎi nǚgōng) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Chukchi: лывээръылпэттыльын — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Czech: dojička — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Danish: malkepige — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Dutch: melkmeid — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Dutch: melkmeisje — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Estonian: lüpsja — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Faroese: neytakona — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Finnish: karjakko — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • French: laitière — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • French: trayeuse — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • French: fille de laiterie — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Georgian: მწველავი ქალი (mc̣velavi kali) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Georgian: მწველავი გოგო (mc̣velavi gogo) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • German: Milchmädchen — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • German: Melkerin — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Greek: αρμέχτρα (arméchtra) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Hindi: ग्वालिन (gvālin) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Hindi: दूधवाली (dūdhvālī) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Hungarian: fejőlány — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Hungarian: fejőleány — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Icelandic: mjaltakona — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Indonesian: pemerah susu — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Irish: cailín bleánaí — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Italian: lattaia — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Italian: mungitrice — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Japanese: 乳しぼり女 (chichi shibori no onna) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Japanese: 乳搾りの女 (chichi shibori no onna) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Japanese: ミルクメイド (mirukumeido) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Kazakh: сауыншы (sauynşy) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Korean: 젖짜는 여자 (jeotjjaneun yeoja) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Northern Kurdish: bêrîvan — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Northern Kurdish: bêrî — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Kyrgyz: саанчы (saancı) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Latvian: slaucēja — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Lithuanian: melžėja — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Macedonian: млекарка (mlekarka) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: budeie — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: budeie — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Persian: دوشنده (dušande) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Polish: dojarka — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Polish: dojka — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Polish: dójka — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Portuguese: leiteira — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Portuguese: ordenhadora — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Romanian: mulgătoare — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Romanian: lăptăreasă — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Russian: доя́рка (dojárka) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Sanskrit: गोपी (gopī) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Scottish Gaelic: banarach — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Scottish Gaelic: banchaig — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Scottish Gaelic: nighean-bhleoghainn — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Serbo-Croatian: музиља — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Serbo-Croatian: млекарица — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Serbo-Croatian: мљекарица — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Serbo-Croatian: muzilja — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Serbo-Croatian: mlekarica — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Serbo-Croatian: mljekarica — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Slovak: dojička — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Slovak: mliekárka — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Slovene: molznica — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Southern Altai: саанчы (saančï) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Spanish: lechera — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Spanish: ordeñadora — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Swedish: mjölkerska — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Swedish: mjölkpiga — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Swedish: mjölkjungfrun — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Swedish: deja — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Tajik: говҷӯш (govjüš) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Tajik: говдуш (govduš) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Tatar: сөтче (sötçe) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Tatar: савымчы (sawımçı) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Tatar: савучы (sawuçı) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Turkish: sütçü kız — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Turkish: sütçü — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Turkmen: süýtçi — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Turkmen: sagymçy — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Ukrainian: доя́рка (dojárka) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Uyghur: سۈتچى (sütchi) — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Uzbek: sutchi — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Vietnamese: cô gái vắt sữa — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Volapük: tätan — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Volapük: hitätan — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Volapük: jitätan — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Volapük: jitetan — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
  • Welsh: llaethferch — a young woman who milks the cows on a farm