dairyman

noun

dairy·​man ˈder-ē-mən How to pronounce dairyman (audio)
-ˌman
: one who operates a dairy farm or works in a dairy

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For the life-long dairymen, her presence is a key step to realizing their $150 million dream of shipping their milk around the world. — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024 Perhaps some of that whimsy comes from Harmony’s lengthy history of cows, cheese, butter and lots of dairymen and ranchers. — Kathe Tanner, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Leola had sold the El Dorado farm to dairyman Mike Emerick and was using the money in her search for Albert. — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 12 June 2023 Heading that family is Tevye (Howard Kaye), a Jewish dairyman torn between tradition and change in the tightknit village of Anatevka, in czarist Russia. — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for dairyman

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First Known Use

circa 1617, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dairyman was circa 1617

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dairyman

noun
dairy·​man -mən How to pronounce dairyman (audio)
-ˌman
: a person who operates a dairy farm or works in a dairy

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