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milkmaid

/ˈmɪlkmeɪd/

milkmaid noun: a girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.

Noun

milkmaid (plural milkmaids)

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

milkmaid meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Gujarati

milkmaid in Hindi

a young woman who milks the cows on a farm
ग्वालिन gvālin, दूधवाली dūdhvālī

milkmaid in Urdu

دودھ والی, گوالن, گھوسن

milkmaid in Malayalam

പാൽക്കാരി, കറക്കുന്നവൾ, ഗോപസ്ത്രീ

milkmaid in Gujarati

milkmaid; cowherdess; milkman or cowherd's wife
ગોપી gopī
More languagesFewer languages
milkmaid in Sanskrit
गोपी gopī
milkmaid in Arabic
حالِبَه، عامِلَه في ملْبَنَه
milkmaid in Indonesian
pemerah susu
milkmaid in Persian
دوشنده dušande
milkmaid in Vietnamese
cô gái vắt sữa

Synonyms of milkmaid

Forms of milkmaid

pluralmilkmaids
alternative form (archaic)milk-maid

Origin of milkmaid

From milk + maid.

Words formed from milkmaid

Questions about milkmaid

What does milkmaid mean?
Milkmaid means a girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.
What is milkmaid in Hindi?
Milkmaid in Hindi is ग्वालिन (gvālin), दूधवाली (dūdhvālī). See Milkmaid meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is milkmaid?
Milkmaid is a noun.
How do you pronounce milkmaid?
Milkmaid is pronounced /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/.
What is the plural of milkmaid?
The plural of milkmaid is milkmaids.

Words near milkmaid in the dictionary

  1. milkladies
  2. milklady
  3. milkless
  4. milklessness
  5. milklike
  6. milkmaid
  7. milkmaid's yoke
  8. milkmaid's yokes
  9. milkmaiden
  10. milkmaidens
  11. milkmaids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: milkmaid (page history and authors); milkmaid (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milkmaid (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ગોપી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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