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Definition of Milker
1. Noun. Cattle that are reared for their milk.
Generic synonyms: Bos Taurus, Cattle, Cows, Kine, Oxen
Specialized synonyms: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Jersey, Milking Shorthorn, Friesian, Holstein, Holstein-friesian, Guernsey
Definition of Milker
1. n. One who milks; also, a mechanical apparatus for milking cows.
Definition of Milker
1. Noun. a dairy cow ¹
2. Noun. a person who, or a machine which, milks ¹
3. Noun. a conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Milker
1. one that milks [n -S] - See also: milks
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milker
Literary usage of Milker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Royal Canadian Institute, Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1904)
"A prolific source of contamination is from the animal and milker ... he would be
a rare milker who hesitated to scrape away a place with his fingers so that ..."
2. Pure Milk and the Public Health: A Manual of Milk and Dairy Inspection by Archibald Robinson Ward, Myer Edward Jaffa (1909)
"The milker. The milker is the most important factor in the production of clean
... In some certified dairies the milker wears a freshly sterilized suit at ..."
3. Scientific Butter-making by William H. Lynch (1883)
"Characteristics of a Good milker. The operation of milking, ... A thoroughly good
milker will be both wise and kind ; besides being intelligent, ..."
4. Production and Inspection of Milk by Earley Vernon Wilcox, Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station (1912)
"The milker.—Attention has already been called in chapter VI to the necessity ...
The bacteria which the milker may contribute to milk depend entirely upon ..."
5. The Cyclopædia;: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature.by Abraham Rees by Abraham Rees (1819)
"... to above half-a-crown a week, with board ; each milker being allowed, ...
which is called an ewe-milker't brat, in order to cover her before, ..."
6. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"milker—A cow that gives much milk. A cow with a. large udder is not always a good
milker ; it is said that it is by the head that the cow gives the milk ..."
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