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Webster 1913 Edition

Milkman

Milk′man

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Milkmen

.

A man who sells milk or delivers it to customers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Milkman

MILK'MAN

, N. A man that sells milk or carries milk to market.

Definition 2024

milkman

milkman

English

Noun

milkman ‎(plural milkmen)

A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.

Synonyms

dairyman
milkie (UK slang), milko (Australian slang)
milkwoman f

Translations

man who delivers milk early in the morning

Arabic:
Aromanian: lãptar m
Asturian: llecheru m
Catalan: lleter m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 送奶人 ‎(sòngnǎirén)
Czech: mlékař m
Danish: mælkemand c
Dutch: melkboer (nl) m
Finnish: maitomies (fi)
French: laitier (fr) m
Friulian: latâr m
Galician: leiteiro m
German: Milchmann (de) m
Greek: γαλατάς (el) m ‎(galatás)
Hindi: दूधवाला (hi) m ‎(dūdhvālā)
Hungarian: tejesember (hu), tejes
Italian: lattaio (it) m

Japanese: 牛乳屋 ‎(ぎゅうにゅうや, gyūnyūya), 牛乳配達 ‎(ぎゅにゅうはいたつ, gyūnyū haitatsu)
Luxembourgish: Mëllechmann m
Macedonian: млекар m ‎(mlékar)
Occitan: lachièr m
Polish: mleczarz (pl) m
Portuguese: leiteiro (pt) m
Romanian: lăptar (ro) m
Russian: моло́чник (ru) m ‎(molóčnik), разно́счик молока́ m ‎(raznósčik moloká)
Sicilian: lattaru m
Spanish: lechero (es) m
Swedish: mjölkutkörare c, mjölkbud n
Turkish: sütçü (tr)
Venetian: latèr m
Vietnamese: người bán sữa
Yiddish: מילכיקער ‎(milkhiker)

Derived terms

glint in the milkman's eye