galactophagist

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English

Noun

galactophagist (plural galactophagists)

  1. One who drinks milk.
    • 1975, Thomas Starling, The King and the Cat, page 173:
      "Milk might do for a galactophagist like you, but I need some money, honey; I want to go out and have something delectable, dear."
    • 2013, Alexis Soyer, Food, Cookery, and Dining in Ancient Times: Alexis Soyer's Pantropheon:
      The greater part of the wandering tribes, such as the Getes and Scythians, were galactophagists, or drinkers of milk.