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milkwoman

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: milklady

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dairywoman, milkie, milko

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English milk Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English milkwoman From milk + -woman.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: мало́чніца (malóčnica) — woman who delivers milk
  • Bulgarian: млека́рка (mlekárka) — woman who delivers milk
  • Czech: mlékařka — woman who delivers milk
  • Dutch: melkboerin — woman who delivers milk
  • French: laitière — woman who delivers milk
  • French: crémière — woman who delivers milk
  • German: Milchfrau — woman who delivers milk
  • Hindi: दूधवाली (dūdhvālī) — woman who delivers milk
  • Hungarian: tejesasszony — woman who delivers milk
  • Italian: lattaia — woman who delivers milk
  • Macedonian: млекарка (mlekarka) — woman who delivers milk
  • Polish: mleczarka — woman who delivers milk
  • Portuguese: leiteira — woman who delivers milk
  • Romanian: lăptăreasă — woman who delivers milk
  • Russian: моло́чница (molóčnica) — woman who delivers milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: млека̀рица — woman who delivers milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: мљека̀рица — woman who delivers milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: mlekàrica — woman who delivers milk
  • Serbo-Croatian: mljekàrica — woman who delivers milk
  • Slovak: mliekarka — woman who delivers milk
  • Slovene: mlekarka — woman who delivers milk
  • Spanish: lechera — woman who delivers milk
  • Ukrainian: моло́чниця (molóčnycja) — woman who delivers milk