noun
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Is dairyman gender-neutral? See -man.
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Origin of dairyman
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From it emerged a 64-year-old dairyman, burly and tan, who left the engine running as he lumbered toward me with open arms.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The dedicated dairyman, who works in Basildon, said he used to help his local milkman as a child after being interested in the "community feel" of the job.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
Their target was not a dissident activist, but a dairyman nicknamed El Rey del Queso: The King of Cheese.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2021
One reality is the nature of the original Tevye short stories written in Yiddish by Aleichem about a dairyman who monologues with God.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2018
Eckert, 36, a dairyman from Harmony Farms, won this year’s Sharpshooter’s trophy as best marksman.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
The son of dairy farmers and a former trustee of the local community college district, Nunes routinely won reelection by double-digit margins among the farmers and dairymen he grew up with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2020
“It’s a very capital-intensive investment, so we’re seeing it as dairymen are upgrading their facilities,” said Rick Naerebout, CEO of the Idaho Dairymen’s Association.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2018
Munoz’s death, which occurred in the nearby town of Shelley last September, was one of two fatal accidents last year involving dairymen who either choked or drowned in pits of cow manure.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2017
I witnessed some of this change personally, because my grandfather and father were dairymen.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2017
Men employed on arable farms, as carters, for instance, have to rise even earlier than dairymen.
From The Toilers of the Field by Richard Jefferies
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