Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

    Milchmädchen, Melkerin

    доя́ркаdojárka

    доя́ркаdojárka

    a woman who works in a dairy

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The milkmaid is allergic to cows.

    У доярки алергія на корів.

    ruУ доярки аллергия на коров.

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  2. Jenner noticed that milkmaids who contracted cowpox seemed to be immune to smallpox.

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  3. Mary is a milkmaid.

    deMaria ist ein Milchmädchen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a young woman who milks the cows on a farm:
Русский
By meaning 1
a young woman who milks the cows on a farm:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a young woman who milks the cows on a farm:

Origin

From milk + maid.

From milk + maid.

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Forms

plural: milkmaids

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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