washerman

American  

[wosh-er-muhn, waw-sher-] / ˈwɒʃ ər mən, ˈwɔ ʃər- /

noun

washermen plural

1. a man who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundryman.

2. a man who operates a machine for washing, as in a phase of a manufacturing process.

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Gender

See -man.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• washermen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of washerman

First recorded in 1705–15; washer + -man

Example Sentences

"A friend of the minister's"—So the report is traced back to the Washerman, who says, "He was my Ass."

From The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India by Crooke, William

The story is that of "The Washerman and his Son who were drowned in the Nile," of the Book of Sindibad.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The Cat went along the road and perceived a Washerman with a donkey.

From The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India by Crooke, William

There was a certain Washerman at Benares, whose name was Carpúrapataka, and he had an Ass and a Dog in his courtyard; the first tethered, and the last roaming loose.

From Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

A jolly lad was Dennis, who danced jigs, on a flat rock by the riverside, as Samson played The Irish Washerman and The Fisher's Hornpipe.

From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott