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milk-maid

milk-maid is the archaic form of milkmaid.

Meaning of milkmaid

Noun

milkmaid (plural milkmaids)

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

Forms of milk-maid

pluralmilk-maids

Questions about milk-maid

What is milk-maid the archaic form of?
Milk-maid is the archaic form of milkmaid.

Words near milk-maid in the dictionary

  1. milk-food
  2. milk-foods
  3. milk-house
  4. milk-houses
  5. milk-livered
  6. milk-maid
  7. milk-maids
  8. milk-maker
  9. milk-makers
  10. milk-man
  11. milk-men

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