dairyer
nounEtymology From dairy + -er.
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One who works in a dairy; dairyman or dairywoman; dairy farmer.
- The ability to determine the composition of milk and its products, to such an extent as will serve practical purposes, is a very desirable acquirement for the dairyer.1894, John Oliver, Milk, Cheese and Butter, page 334:
- We admit it, but the Cheddar system does not seek quantity so much as quality; and when any dairyer takes to cutting tools in order to gain that advantage, he forsakes the Cheddar system and has no longer a right to call his product Cheddar.1972, John Ehle, The cheeses and wines of England and France:
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- The great object of the dairyer must be to produce, good, wholesome milk, and afterwards to keep it pure and free from contamination.2013, C. W. Walker-Tisdale, The Practice of Soft Cheesemaking, page 1:
- Related terms
- dairy cattle, dairy cow, dairy farm, dairy farming, dairying, dairy product