milker

noun

milk·​er ˈmil-kər 

1

: one that milks an animal

2

: one that yields milk

Examples of milker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Baby goats, apparently, are a lot rougher than we milkers. — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025

The introduction of the first milking machines, called bucket milkers, helped farmers milk 10 cows per hour instead of 4 by the mid-1920s. — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025

The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has been providing high-water vehicles to get milkers to cows. — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2023

Skin bacteria fall into the milk from the hand of the milker or get transferred by the knife that cuts the curd. — Ute Eberle, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1