milk drinker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who lacks experience or courage.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see milk, drinker.

Word forms

milk drinker milk drinkers

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαλακτοπότης (galaktopótēs, “a milk drinker”), a derogatory term which the Greeks used in reference to the barbarians.

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