Dictionary

milker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English milkere, equivalent to milk + -er.

Meanings

1. An animal, such as a dairy cow, kept for the milk it produces.
   • ‘No, you can’t keep a milker here. A beast has to be half wild to stand any chance.’ 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 18:
2. A person who milks.
   • The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking.
   • The milker woke up at dawn each day to tend to the cows.
3. A milking machine.
   • Many of those running small farms said the choice of a computerized milker came down to a bigger question: whether to upgrade or just give up. […] “It’s tough to find people to do it well and show up on time,” said Tim Kurtz, who installed four robotic milkers last year at his farm in Berks County, Pa. “And you don’t have to worry about that with a robot.” 2014 April 22, Jesse McKinley, “With Farm Robotics, the Cows Decide When It’s Milking Time”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2014:
4. A conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand.
5. (in-plural, slang) A woman’s breast.
   • In the San Diego Convention Center, hanging high above the makeshift alleyways of merchandise vendors, more than 40 pairs of anime-style breasts looked down upon me. I felt like a beetle at a cartoon Renaissance fair, staring at rows of mommy milkers peeking through manga bodices. 2022 November 2, Steffi Cao, “Big Mommy Milkers Are A Shield Against Online Harassment, Vtubers Say”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2023:

Forms

Deriveds

sharemilker · Milkers Flat · milkeress · mommy milker

Translations (36)

vo hitätan (person who milks) · es ordeñadora (person who milks) · it mungitrice (person who milks) · mk молзни́чарка (person who milks) · mk мо́лзачка (person who milks) · es ordeñador (person who milks) · pl dójka (person who milks) · ba һауын һыйыр (dairy cow) · izh lypsäjä (person who milks) · nn mjølkar (dairy cow) · de Melker (person who milks) · vo jitätan (person who milks) · vo jitetan (person who milks) · pl dojarka (person who milks) · es vaca lechera (dairy cow) · bg дойна крава (dairy cow) · ba һауынсы (person who milks) · mk мле́чна кра́ва (dairy cow) · mi kaiwhakatētē (person who milks) · pl dojka (person who milks) · nn mjølkeku (dairy cow) · mk мо́лзна кра́ва (dairy cow) · fi lypsyeläin (dairy cow) · pl dojarz (person who milks) · es lechera (dairy cow) · fi lypsylehmä (dairy cow) · ru доя́рка (person who milks) · mk мо́лзач (person who milks) · mk мо́лзничар (person who milks) · pl dojka (dairy cow) · vo tätan (person who milks) · pl dójka (dairy cow) · it mungitore (person who milks) · de Melkerin (person who milks) · fi lypsäjä (person who milks) · sv mjölkare (person who milks)