milker

English

Etymology

From Middle English milkere, equivalent to milk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

milker (plural milkers)

1. An animal, such as a dairy cow, kept for the milk it produces.
2. A person who milks.

   The milker woke up at dawn each day to tend to the cows.

   The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking.

3. A milking machine.
4. (poker) A conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand.
5. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman’s breast.

Hyponyms

• milkmaid

Derived terms

• mommy milker
• sharemilker

 

Translations

dairy cow

• Bashkir: һауын һыйыр (hawın hıyır)
• Bulgarian: дойна крава f (dojna krava)
• Finnish: lypsyeläin; lypsylehmä (fi) (dairy cow)
• Macedonian: мле́чна кра́ва f (mléčna kráva), мо́лзна кра́ва f (mólzna kráva)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: mjølkar m, mjølkeku f

• Polish: dojka (pl) f, dójka f
• Spanish: lechera (es) f, vaca lechera (es) f

person who milks

• Bashkir: һауынсы (hawınsı) (person, usually female)
• Finnish: lypsäjä (fi)
• German: Melker (de) m, Melkerin (de) f
• Ingrian: lypsäjä
• Italian: mungitore (it) m, mungitrice (it) f
• Macedonian: мо́лзничар m (mólzničar), молзни́чарка f (molzníčarka), мо́лзач m (mólzač), мо́лзачка f (mólzačka)
• Maori: kaiwhakatētē
• Polish: dojarz m, dojarka (pl) f, dojka (pl) f, dójka f
• Russian: доя́рка (ru) f (dojárka) (female)
• Spanish: ordeñador (es) m, ordeñadora (es) f
• Swedish: mjölkare c
• Volapük: (♂♀) tätan (vo), (♂) hitätan, (♀) jitätan (vo), (♀) jitetan (older term)

machine which milks — see milking machine

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} дояч m (dojač)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} mungitore (it) m, mungitrice (it) f
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} triyeux m

Anagrams

• Kilmer, remilk