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.

Etymology

Origin of dairywoman

First recorded in 1600–10; dairy + -woman

Example Sentences

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

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

Self-sacrificing as her mood might be, Tess could not well go further and cry, "Marry one of them, if you really do want a dairywoman and not a lady; and don't think of marrying me!"

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

They must have heard what an excellent dairywoman I am, and things like that, but how they heard I cannot surmise unless John has been telling.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

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