dairywoman

American  

[dair-ee-woom-uhn] / ˈdɛər iˌwʊm ən /

noun

plural

dairywomen

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

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Gender

Is it dairywoman or dairyperson? See -woman.

Etymology

Origin of dairywoman

First recorded in 1600–10; dairy + -woman

Example Sentences

"But you used to be as good a dairywoman as I."

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

At that time Tatiana was not in her master's house, but living with a married sister, the dairywoman, in a separate hut.

From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various

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

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

I will be as good a housewife and dairywoman, stir about as briskly, and sing as merrily, as Peggy Curling.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden