milker

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noun

An animal, such as a dairy cow, kept for the milk it produces.

“The milker woke up at dawn each day to tend to the cows.”

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Meanings

nounmilker (plural milkers)

plural milkers

  1. An animal, such as a dairy cow, kept for the milk it produces.

    ‘No, you can’t keep a milker here. A beast has to be half wild to stand any chance.’

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 18
  2. A person who milks.

    The milker woke up at dawn each day to tend to the cows.

    1 more example

    The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking.

  3. A milking machine.
    1 more example

    Many of those running small farms said the choice of a computerized milker came down to a bigger question: whether to upgrade or just give up. […] “It’s tough to find people to do it well and show up on time,” said Tim Kurtz, who installed four robotic milkers last year at his farm in Berks County, Pa. “And you don’t have to worry about that with a robot.”

    2014 April 22, Jesse McKinley, “With Farm Robotics, the Cows Decide When It’s Milking Time”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2014
  4. card gamesA conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand.
  5. in pluralslangA woman’s breast.

    In the San Diego Convention Center, hanging high above the makeshift alleyways of merchandise vendors, more than 40 pairs of anime-style breasts looked down upon me. I felt like a beetle at a cartoon Renaissance fair, staring at rows of mommy milkers peeking through manga bodices.

    2022 November 2, Steffi Cao, “Big Mommy Milkers Are A Shield Against Online Harassment, Vtubers Say”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2023

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncattle that are reared for their milk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmylken
  2. Middle Englishmylkere
  3. Englishmilker

From Middle English mylkere, equivalent to milk + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian дойна крава
  • дойна крава (dojna krava)dairy cow
Finnish lypsyeläin, lypsylehmä
  • lypsyeläindairy cow
  • lypsylehmädairy cow
  • lypsäjäperson who milks
German Melker, Melkerin
  • Melkerperson who milks
  • Melkerinperson who milks
Italian mungitore, mungitrice
  • mungitoreperson who milks
  • mungitriceperson who milks
Māori kaiwhakatētē
  • kaiwhakatētēperson who milks
Polish dojka, dójka
  • dojkadairy cow
  • dójkadairy cow
  • dojarzperson who milks
  • dojarkaperson who milks
  • dojkaperson who milks
  • dójkaperson who milks
Russian доя́рка
  • доя́рка (dojárka)person who milks
Spanish lechera, vaca lechera
  • lecheradairy cow
  • vaca lecheradairy cow
  • ordeñadorperson who milks
  • ordeñadoraperson who milks
Swedish mjölkare
  • mjölkareperson who milks

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Cite this entry
APA

milker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milker

MLA

“milker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milker.

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