Definition of "dairywoman" [dai•ry•wom•an]

• A woman who owns or manages a dairy. (noun)
• A woman who works in a dairy. (noun)

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• "His brothers had not replied at all, seeming to be indignant with him; while his father and mother had written a rather sad letter, deploring his precipitancy in rushing into marriage, but making the best of the matter by saying that, though a dairywoman was the last daughter-in-law they could have expected, their son had arrived at an age at which he might be supposed to be the best judge."
• "a dairywoman was the last daughter-in-law they could have expected, their son had arrived at an age which he might be supposed to be the best judge."
• "She had gone in; but she would soon reappear, for it could be seen that she was carrying little new cheeses one by one to a spring-cart and horse tethered outside the gate — her grandmother, though not a regular dairywoman, still managing a few cows by means of a man and maid."