charwoman

American  

[chahr-woom-uhn] / ˈtʃɑrˌwʊm ən /

noun

• charwomen
  plural

1. a woman hired to do general cleaning, especially in an office or large house.

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charwoman British  

/ ˈtʃɑːˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a woman who is hired to clean, tidy, etc, in a house or office

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• charwomen
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of charwoman

First recorded in 1590–1600; char ³ + woman

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

charwoman charwomen

Ms. Corn presents serious works, such as Gordon Parks’s arresting 1942 photograph of the charwoman Ella Watson standing before an American flag with a mop and broom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

His mother, Georgina, was a charwoman, but he recalled nothing of his father, Thomas, who worked in an iron foundry.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2020

Her father, a shipyard worker, died of pneumonia a month before her birth, and her mother worked as a charwoman to raise her and her sister, Dot.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2019

Burnett donated that stunning assemblage to the National Museum of American History, along with her charwoman costume, which is on view in the museum’s Laughing Matters display.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2016

Leah had been saying something I had not caught, and the charwoman remarked—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

When the love for an old hall by a college pf dons dooms charwomen to carry coal scuttles up and slop jars down three flights of stairs, the conservatism has a flavor not idyllic.

From Time Magazine Archive

In room No. 1037 on the south side of a massive, red-brick building in St. Paul last week charwomen were dusting and cleaning and bustling about.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stifling his outrage at this uncouth behavior, Cronin answered stiffly that he must hire two more charwomen to assist the one already employed.

From Time Magazine Archive

He preached quietly, but with an actor's skill, and in a voice so rich and delicate that board chairmen and bored charwomen alike would come back again and again for more.

From Time Magazine Archive

I once, indeed, overheard part of a dialogue between Leah and one of the charwomen, of which Grace formed the subject.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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