dairymaid

American  

[dair-ee-meyd] / ˈdɛər iˌmeɪd /

noun

1. a girl or woman employed in a dairy.

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dairymaid British  

/ ˈdɛərɪˌmeɪd /

noun

1. (esp formerly) a girl or woman who works in a dairy, esp one who milks cows and makes butter and cheese on a farm

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Etymology

Origin of dairymaid

First recorded in 1590–1600; dairy + maid

Example Sentences

Perhaps most famously, Edward Jenner in 1796 inoculated a healthy 8-year-old boy with cowpox derived from a lesion on the hand of a dairymaid.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

What could be more picturesque than a duchess impersonating a dairymaid in straw hat and copious ribbons?

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2011

Although production methods have become more sanitary, the vaccine itself has changed little since Edward Jenner scraped it from sores on the hand of a cowpox-infected dairymaid.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ellen was a dairymaid employed by the Rathmore Creamery in County Kerry.

From Time Magazine Archive

In those days they were all milked by hand, and I loved to watch the dairymaid squirt the white milk into her pail while the cow placidly chewed its cud.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall