Definition
Someone who lacks experience or courage.
Origins
From Ancient Greek γαλακτοπότης (galaktopótēs, “a milk drinker”), a derogatory term which the Greeks used in reference to the barbarians.
In Context
- "What's a milk drinker like you doing out here? Go home to your mother."
- "That milk drinker over there with the electrical apparatus for spies, he claims to be a bishop, but I'm not afraid of fellows like that."
- "'What a milk drinker,' said Michael, which was his worst insult at the time."