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laundryman

[ lawn-dree-man, lahn- ]

noun

, plural laun·dry·men.
  1. a person who works in or operates a laundry.
  2. a person who collects and delivers laundry.


laundryman

/ ˈlɔːndrɪmən /

noun

  1. a man who collects or delivers laundry
  2. a man who works in a laundry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Gender Note

See -man.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laundryman1

First recorded in 1700–10; laundry + man
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Example Sentences

Hop Loo, a Chinese laundryman, lived in the house, and Matt was just coming after his week's wash.

The laundryman can never estimate the amount of work to be done until the laundry bundles are actually on the premises.

It was the den of a Chinese laundryman, and through the windows in front I could see him still at work, ironing.

Whenever the laundryman was late in arriving he was sure that it was lost forever.

He wished he had had on a different style of collar—and he would have had if his laundryman had kept his word.

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