milker

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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Noun

milker (plural milkers)

  1. An animal, such as a dairy cow, kept for the milk it produces.
  2. A person who milks.
    The milker woke up at dawn each day to tend to the cows.
    The snake milker massages the glands to extract the full measure of venom during each milking.
  3. A milking machine.
  4. (poker) A conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand.
  5. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman’s breast.

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Translations
machine which milks — see milking machine
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