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Definition

Someone who lacks experience or courage.

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Origins

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

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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."