Meanings
nounmilkman (plural milkmen)
plural milkmen · alternative dated milk man · alternative dated milk-man
- A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
Our milkman is a jovial character, but not one given to yodelling at the customers on his round. Only the resounding "clonk" of bottles advises us that a couple of pints have been left on the doorstep.
1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 154
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂melǵ-
- Proto-Germanic*meluks
- Proto-West Germanic*meluk
- Anglian Old Englishmilc
- Middle Englishmylk
- Englishmilk
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Middle Englishman
- Englishmilkman
Translations
Arabic بَائِع لَبَن
- بَائِع لَبَن (bāʔiʕ laban)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Bengali দুধওয়ালা, গোয়ালা
- দুধওয়ালা (dudhōẇala)man who delivers milk early in the morning
- গোয়ালা (gōẇala)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Bulgarian млека́р
- млека́р (mlekár)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Catalan lleter
- lleterman who delivers milk early in the morning
Chinese Mandarin 送奶人
- 送奶人 (sòngnǎirén)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Czech mlékař
- mlékařman who delivers milk early in the morning
Danish mælkemand
- mælkemandman who delivers milk early in the morning
Dutch melkboer
- melkboerman who delivers milk early in the morning
Estonian piimamees
- piimameesman who delivers milk early in the morning
Finnish maitomies
- maitomiesman who delivers milk early in the morning
French laitier, crémier
- laitierman who delivers milk early in the morning
- crémierman who delivers milk early in the morning
German Milchmann
- Milchmannman who delivers milk early in the morning
Greek γαλατάς
- γαλατάς (galatás)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Hindi दूधवाला
- दूधवाला (dūdhvālā)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Hungarian tejesember, tejes
- tejesemberman who delivers milk early in the morning
- tejesman who delivers milk early in the morning
Irish fear bainne
- fear bainneman who delivers milk early in the morning
Italian lattaio
- lattaioman who delivers milk early in the morning
Japanese 牛乳屋, 牛乳配達
- 牛乳屋 (gyūnyūya)man who delivers milk early in the morning
- 牛乳配達 (gyūnyū haitatsu)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Korean 우유 배달원
- 우유 배달원 (uyu baedarwon)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Norwegian Bokmål melkemann
- melkemannman who delivers milk early in the morning
Polish mleczarz
- mleczarzman who delivers milk early in the morning
Portuguese leiteiro
- leiteiroman who delivers milk early in the morning
Romanian lăptar
- lăptarman who delivers milk early in the morning
Russian моло́чник, разно́счик молока́
- моло́чник (molóčnik)man who delivers milk early in the morning
- разно́счик молока́ (raznósčik moloká)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Slovak mliekar
- mliekarman who delivers milk early in the morning
Spanish lechero
- lecheroman who delivers milk early in the morning
Swedish mjölkutkörare, mjölkbud
- mjölkutkörareman who delivers milk early in the morning
- mjölkbudman who delivers milk early in the morning
Turkish sütçü
- sütçüman who delivers milk early in the morning
Ukrainian моло́чник
- моло́чник (molóčnyk)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Urdu دُودْھ والا
- دُودْھ والا (dūdh-vālā)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Vietnamese người bán sữa
- người bán sữaman who delivers milk early in the morning
Welsh dyn llaeth, dyn llefrith
- dyn llaethman who delivers milk early in the morning
- dyn llefrithman who delivers milk early in the morning
Yiddish מילכיקער
- מילכיקער (milkhiker)man who delivers milk early in the morning
Cite this entry
APA
milkman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milkman
MLA
“milkman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milkman. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “milkman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milkman.
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