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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γαλακτοπότης (galaktopótēs, “milk drinker”), a derogatory term which the Greeks used in reference to the barbarians.
Noun
milk drinker (plural milk drinkers)
- (slang, derogatory, idiomatic) Someone who lacks experience or courage.
2011 November 11, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Softworks:What's a milk drinker like you doing out here? Go home to your mother.
2022, Halldór Laxness, Under the Glacier, Random House, →ISBN:That milk drinker over there with the electrical apparatus for spies, he claims to be a bishop, but I'm not afraid of fellows like that.
2023, Anna Smaill, Bird Life: a novel, Scribe Publications, →ISBN:'What a milk drinker,' said Michael, which was his worst insult at the time.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see milk, drinker.
References
- ^ Mike Bellino (2008) Fun Food Facts, AuthorHouse, →ISBN: “The phrase “milk drinker” (galaktopotes) was a derogatory name the Greeks cast in reference to the barbarians.”