Dairyman

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who works in a dairy, as:; Synonym of dairy farmer. usually
  2. 2
    a man who works in a dairy wordnet
  3. 3
    A man who works in a dairy, as:; A food processing technician working on pasteurization, bottling, cheesemaking, or other tasks.
  4. 4
    the owner or manager of a dairy wordnet
  5. 5
    A man who delivers dairy products.

Example

More examples

"The musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is loosely based on ‘Tevye the Dairyman’, a story by the Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem."

Etymology

From dairy + -man.

Related phrases

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