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

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dairywoman dairywomen

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

"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 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

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

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