milchern.

Brit.

/ˈmɪl(t)ʃə/, U.S.

/ˈmɪltʃər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: milch adj., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < milch adj. + -er suffix¹.

Now rare.

1. = milker n.¹ 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that gives milk

milch cow1424

milk cow1450

dairy cow1656

milcher1707

milker1801

1707 N. Tate in Poems Affairs of State IV. 307 Suppose a Milcher stoln, or Firstling stray'd.

1792 R. Bage Man as he Is II. xlviii. 210 Mester Panut lets youre father twenty acers o' pasture land and he keeps too or three milchers.

1863 W. S. Landor Heroic Idyls 15 Homer... How sweet Was that goat's milk! Agatha We have eleven below, All milchers.

1877 Galaxy 23 Jan. 51/2 As I was strolling over the commons (for in my walks I still hovered about the scenes of my lost milcher), I saw the rump of a cow, over a grassy knoll, that looked familiar. Coming nearer, the beast lifted up her head; and, behold! it was she!... But she was ruined as a milcher.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 417 Those miniature milchers [sc. goats].

1983 ELH 50 748 Elsewhere, the milchers are reduced by the narrator's eye to a ‘circle on two stalks’, in which form they are projected by the sun... Milchers reduce to abstract shapes.

†2. With good, bad, etc.: a milking animal that yields well, badly, etc. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1786 M. Flinders Diary 9 Aug. in Gratefull to Providence (2009) II. 31 She proved a bad Milcher and I think scarce ever paid for her keeping.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 229 A good milcher.

1863 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life: 2nd Coll. (ed. 2) 12 Well, thik there cow's a come to hand A goodish milcher.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvi. 211 All prime milchers, such as were seldom seen out of this valley.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	milcher
释义	milchern. Brit. /ˈmɪl(t)ʃə/, U.S. /ˈmɪltʃər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: milch adj., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < milch adj. + -er suffix¹. Now rare. 1. = milker n.¹ 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that gives milk milch cow1424 milk cow1450 dairy cow1656 milcher1707 milker1801 1707 N. Tate in Poems Affairs of State IV. 307 Suppose a Milcher stoln, or Firstling stray'd. 1792 R. Bage Man as he Is II. xlviii. 210 Mester Panut lets youre father twenty acers o' pasture land and he keeps too or three milchers. 1863 W. S. Landor Heroic Idyls 15 Homer... How sweet Was that goat's milk! Agatha We have eleven below, All milchers. 1877 Galaxy 23 Jan. 51/2 As I was strolling over the commons (for in my walks I still hovered about the scenes of my lost milcher), I saw the rump of a cow, over a grassy knoll, that looked familiar. Coming nearer, the beast lifted up her head; and, behold! it was she!... But she was ruined as a milcher. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 417 Those miniature milchers [sc. goats]. 1983 ELH 50 748 Elsewhere, the milchers are reduced by the narrator's eye to a ‘circle on two stalks’, in which form they are projected by the sun... Milchers reduce to abstract shapes. †2. With good, bad, etc.: a milking animal that yields well, badly, etc. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1786 M. Flinders Diary 9 Aug. in Gratefull to Providence (2009) II. 31 She proved a bad Milcher and I think scarce ever paid for her keeping. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 229 A good milcher. 1863 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life: 2nd Coll. (ed. 2) 12 Well, thik there cow's a come to hand A goodish milcher. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvi. 211 All prime milchers, such as were seldom seen out of this valley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1707
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