zoowomanhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoowoman_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoowoman, n.
Revised 2017

zoowomannoun

rare.
  1. 1930–
    A woman who works in, manages, or is associated with a zoo; a female zookeeper or animal handler.
    1. 1930
      Conspicuous among the zoomen was the only zoowoman in the world.
      Time 13 October 33/2
    2. 1995
      An even better-known zoo woman was Belle Benchley of San Diego.
      M. W. Rossiter, Before Affirmative Action 246
    3. 2012
      The zoo woman told me that the three cats that died there had bacterial or viral infections.
      B. Richards, World Without Cats 129

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo, n.

zoo, n. was revised in June 2017.