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English
Etymology
From dairy + maid.
Noun
dairymaid (plural dairymaids)
- (dated) A woman who works in a dairy.
- Synonyms: dairywoman, dey, milkmaid
- Hypernyms: dairyer, dairy farmer
- Coordinate term: dairyman
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., , →OCLC:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
Translations
woman who works in a dairy