dairywoman

American  

[dair-ee-woom-uhn] / ˈdɛər iˌwʊm ən /

noun

dairywomen plural

1. a woman who owns, manages, or works in a dairy.

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Gender

Is it dairywoman or dairyperson? See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• dairywomen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dairywoman

First recorded in 1600–10; dairy + -woman

Example Sentences

I mention this to show the amateur dairywoman how very essential is cleanliness in every article she uses.

From Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it by Coulton, Miss

Bourhope shouted with laughter when the incorrigible Sir Percy, in the disguise of the dairywoman, described his routing charge as "the milky mothers of the herd."

From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Tytler, Sarah

How the sub-prioress, Dorothea Stettin, visits Sidonia and extols her virtue—Item, of Sidonia's quarrel with the dairywoman, and how she beats the sheriff himself, Eggert Sparling, with a broom-stick.

From Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 1 by Meinhold, Wilhelm

She was a model housekeeper and dairywoman in the days when they worked the farm, and is now an oracle on many questions.

From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous

I tended the stall of a dairywoman, who was too fine a lady to get up so early.

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne