milkman
/ˈmɪlkmən/
milkman noun: a man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
Noun
milkman (plural milkmen)
- A man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- Our milkman is a jovial character, but not one given to yodelling at the customers on his round. Only the resounding "clonk" of bottles advises us that a couple of pints have been left on the doorstep.1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 154
- A black man who prefers dating white women.
milkman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
milkman in Hindi
- man who delivers milk early in the morning
- दूधवाला dūdhvālā
milkman in Tamil
- பால்காரர், பால்வணிகர்
milkman in Urdu
- man who delivers milk early in the morning
- دُودْھ والا dūdh-vālā
milkman in Bengali
- man who delivers milk early in the morning
- দুধওয়ালা dudhōẇala, গোয়ালা gōẇala
More languagesFewer languages
- milkman in Malayalam
- പാൽ വിൽക്കുന്നവൻ, പാൽക്കാരൻ, പശുവിനെ കറക്കുന്നയാൾ
- milkman in Arabic
- بَائِع لَبَن bāʔiʕ laban
- milkman in Vietnamese
- người bán sữa
Synonyms of milkman
Forms of milkman
| plural | milkmen |
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Origin of milkman
From milk + -man.
Words formed from milkman
Questions about milkman
- What does milkman mean?
- Milkman means a man who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- What is milkman in Hindi?
- Milkman in Hindi is दूधवाला (dūdhvālā). See Milkman meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is milkman?
- Milkman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce milkman?
- Milkman is pronounced /ˈmɪlkmən/.
- What is the plural of milkman?
- The plural of milkman is milkmen.
Words near milkman in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: milkman (page history and authors); milkman (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milkman (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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