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

Noun Inflected Forms

• dairywomen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of dairywoman

First recorded in 1600–10; dairy + -woman

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

dairywoman dairywomen

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

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

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

Poor Dame Kenton, as was took last spring, was the best dairywoman in the parish, and this little maid takes after her.

From Under the Storm by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

The "green-seed" or short-staple variety is far inferior to the black for this purpose, and produces white, sticky, cottony-looking butter; indeed, most dairywomen insist that "you can pick the lint out of it."

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various

She was tired of hoaxing that blockhead of a Tatan Nene with a story to the effect that the Parisian dairywomen were wont to fabricate eggs with a mixture of paste and saffron.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile