cheesewright

See also: Cheesewright

English

Etymology

From cheese +‎ wright.

Noun

cheesewright (plural cheesewrights)

1. A cheesemaker.
   • 2000, Edward John T. Collins, Joan Thirsk, The Agrarian History of England and Wales, page 475:

     As we have already suggested, the high costs and comparative scarcity of skilled cheesewrights and butter-makers placed a burden of work and supervision upon the farmer and his wife that they were less than ever willing to countenance.