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.
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

Translations

dairy cow

• Bashkir: һауын һыйыр (hawın hıyır)
• Bulgarian: дойна крава f (dojna krava)
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• Finnish: lypsyeläin; lypsylehmä (fi) (dairy cow)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: mjølkar m, mjølkeku 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
• Italian: mungitore (it) m, mungitrice (it) f
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• 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