milkman

[milk-man]

noun

plural

milkmen 

1. a person who sells or delivers milk.

milkman

/ ˈmɪlkmən /

noun

1. a man who delivers or sells milk

2. a man who milks cows; dairyman

Gender Note

See -man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of milkman¹

First recorded in 1580–90; milk + man

Example Sentences

Charles Robert Redford Jr was born in Santa Monica, California, on 18 August 1936 - the son of a milkman who later became an accountant with Standard Oil.

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When Sting was born Gordon Sumner in 1951, the son of a milkman and a hairdresser, the North East still had a proud tradition of shipbuilding.

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He was found with his hands tied and bound to the steering wheel of his car by a milkman at Lambley Playing Fields in Gedling.

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The dedicated dairyman, who works in Basildon, said he used to help his local milkman as a child after being interested in the "community feel" of the job.

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As he starts his work, the vet is caught in the tumultuous politics of change and faces challenges from a private dairy owner, the village head and a volatile local milkman.

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