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milker|ˈmɪlkə(r)|
[f. milk v. + -er1.]
1. One who milks (cows, etc.); one who draws milk from the udders of cattle. milker's cramp, a form of cramp to which milkers are liable.
c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 793/23 Hic mulsor, a mylker. 1598Florio, Caprimulgo..a milker of goates. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 134 In hyringe of mayde servants yow are to make choice of such as are good milkers. 1891T. Hardy Tess xvii. (1892) 140 The milkers formed quite a little battalion of men and maids. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 14 Milker's cramp.
†2. = milt. Cf. milk n.1 4 and Du. melker.
c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 765/26 Hec lactis, mylkere.
3. An animal that yields milk, esp. a milch cow. Chiefly with adj., good, bad, etc.
1807A. Young Agric. Essex (1813) II. 276 They [Yorkshire cows] are excellent milkers. 1886All Year Round 14 Aug. 34 Weed out the bad milkers, and never keep a cow after her fifth calf. 1891Eng. Illustr. Mag. No. 88. 299 The gentle lowing of the milkers in the stockyard.
4. An apparatus for milking cows mechanically. Also, cow-milker (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875).
5. One who ‘milks’ a telegraphic message.
1891Cassell's Sat. Jrnl. Sept. 1036/2.
Hence ˈmilkeress, a milkmaid.
1839John Bull 28 July 354/1 The red-elbowed cow-milkeress of Cornwall. |