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dairyman

[ dair-ee-muhn ]

noun

plural dairymen.
  1. an owner or manager of a dairy.
  2. an employee in a dairy.


dairyman

/ 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
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Gender Note

Is dairyman gender-neutral? See -man.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dairyman1

First recorded in 1775–85; dairy + -man
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Example Sentences

“I’m 65 years old, playing a character that, if you crunch the math, should be about 40,” he told The Times of taking on Tevye, the show’s devout dairyman.

For references, he listed the mayor, the butcher, the dairyman and the service station operator, and his mother signed papers saying that she wouldn’t request his early discharge.

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

It was the dairyman who gave me the hot idea.

Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic dairyman in “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died in Tel Aviv at 87.

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