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In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.

The noun 'milkmaid' is a gender specific noun for a female who milks cows and performs other jobs at a dairy.

There is no corresponding gender specific noun for a male who performs this job.

The noun 'milkman' is a gender specific noun for a male who sells or delivers milk.

There is no equivalent gender specific noun for a female who performs this job.

Many think that the noun 'milkmaid' is the equivalent of the noun 'milkman', however, the job descriptions are different. The terms originate from a time when in most cases, women did the work with the cows and the dairy and the men took the milk to market or delivered to customers.

The common gender noun that is more commonly used today is 'dairy worker', a word for a male or a female.

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