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dairyman

American  
[dair-ee-muhn] / ˈdɛər i mən /

noun

dairymen plural
  1. an owner or manager of a dairy.

  2. an employee in a dairy.


dairyman British  
/ ˈdɛərɪmən /

noun

  1. a man who works in a dairy or deals in dairy products

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

Is dairyman gender-neutral? See -man.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of dairyman

First recorded in 1775–85; dairy + -man

Example Sentences

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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

Last October, Pennsylvania dairyman Brett Reinford thought he might be tight on manure storage space over the winter.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2022

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

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