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DAIRYMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dairyman mean?
• DAIRYMAN (noun)
The noun DAIRYMAN has 2 senses:
1. the owner or manager of a dairy
2. a man who works in a dairy
Familiarity information: DAIRYMAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The owner or manager of a dairy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
dairy farmer; dairyman
Hypernyms ("dairyman" is a kind of...):
farmer; granger; husbandman; sodbuster (a person who operates a farm)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A man who works in a dairy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("dairyman" is a kind of...):
farm worker; farmhand; field hand; fieldhand (a hired hand on a farm)
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