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dairyman

American  
[dair-ee-muhn] / ˈdɛər i mən /

noun

  • dairymen
    plural
  1. an owner or manager of a dairy.

  2. an employee in a dairy.


dairyman British  
/ ˈdɛərɪmən /

noun

  1. a man who works in a dairy or deals in dairy products

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Gender

Is dairyman gender-neutral? See -man.

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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of dairyman

First recorded in 1775–85; dairy + -man

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From it emerged a 64-year-old dairyman, burly and tan, who left the engine running as he lumbered toward me with open arms.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

For references, he listed the mayor, the butcher, the dairyman and the service station operator, and his mother signed papers saying that she wouldn’t request his early discharge.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2024

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.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2024

Their target was not a dissident activist, but a dairyman nicknamed El Rey del Queso: The King of Cheese.

From Washington Post Jul. 22, 2021

Eckert, 36, a dairyman from Harmony Farms, won this year’s Sharpshooter’s trophy as best marksman.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

The son of dairy farmers and a former trustee of the local community college district, Nunes routinely won reelection by double-digit margins among the farmers and dairymen he grew up with.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2020

Munoz’s death, which occurred in the nearby town of Shelley last September, was one of two fatal accidents last year involving dairymen who either choked or drowned in pits of cow manure.

From Washington Post Sep. 24, 2017

He was only 28 when he won a hotly contested congressional seat, beating his Republican competitors in the 2002 primary by appealing to the concerns of ranchers and dairymen in his solidly conservative district.

From Seattle Times Mar. 19, 2017

I witnessed some of this change personally, because my grandfather and father were dairymen.

From Slate Jan. 26, 2017

Of more immediate concern, however, were the local farmer's clubs, and the unofficial associations of orchardists or dairymen who met to discuss surpluses, crop problems or the need to advertise.

From Frying Pan Farm by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

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