noun
Gender
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
“It’s been recharged to the ground,” said Tom Barcellos, president of the Lower Tule River Irrigation District and a dairyman and farmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
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
With the help of heavy makeup and costume work, he first portrayed the much older, burlier dairyman in his 30s and quite literally aged into the role.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
It was the dairyman who gave me the hot idea.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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
Home economists told women to choose stores that used individual packaging for food and get baby’s milk from dairies where dairymen were clean and washed their hands frequently—cost savings be damned.
From Slate ● Feb. 15, 2020
Savvy dairymen knew that Astronaut’s mother, Harborcrest Rose Milly, was a champion milk producer.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2018
He was only 28 when he won a hotly contested congressional seat, beating his Republican competitors in the 2002 primary by appealing to the concerns of ranchers and dairymen in his solidly conservative district.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2017
Hay and feed stores abounded in neighboring towns but most dairymen attempted to supply their own straw, ensilage and grain, thus cutting costs by making the most efficient use of their land.
From Frying Pan Farm by Pryor, Elizabeth Brown
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