dairyman
dairyman — noun
- dairymansingular
- dairymenplural
1. a male worker who looks after the cows or runs the business of a place that prod
a male worker who looks after the cows or runs the business of a place that produces and sells milk, cheese, or butter.
Eli started his shift as a dairyman at four to milk the herd.
typical agent role: dairyman + early-morning milking routine
The dairyman delivered fresh bottles of milk to every house along the village street.
collocation: dairyman + deliver fresh milk
Andrés has run the small family dairy as the only dairyman for thirty years.
Darius trained as a dairyman after leaving his office job in the city.
The old dairyman knew each of his cows by name and personality.
- dairy farmer
gender-neutral and far more common in modern English
- milkman
narrower — focuses on the man who delivers milk to homes, not on running the farm
- cowherd
older word; emphasises tending cattle in the field, not running a dairy
用法筆記
Refers specifically to a male worker; female counterpart is 'dairymaid' or the gender-neutral 'dairy farmer / dairy worker', which are now more common in everyday writing.