washerman
Americannoun
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washermen
plural
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a man who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundryman.
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a man who operates a machine for washing, as in a phase of a manufacturing process.
Gender
See -man.
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Etymology
Origin of washerman
Example Sentences
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It turned out that the washerman had mixed up their shirts and Dev Anand was wearing Guru Dutt’s shirt.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2011
I was not much impressed with what he said about the Christian Scriptures, but replied, ‘When Mr Hodson comes, I hope I shall be employed by him as his washerman?’
From Old Daniel by Unsigned
Kong Sam Kee, the Calistoga washerman, was entrusted with the affair; and from day to day it languished on, with protestations on our part and mellifluous excuses on the part of Kong Sam Kee.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
At the end of the ceremony the barber and washerman take the bride and bridegroom on their shoulders and dance to music in the marriage-shed; for this they receive small presents.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
But in India every one depends upon the barber and washerman for their service even more than a westerner does upon the service of the butcher or the doctor.
From India, Its Life and Thought by John P. (John Peter) Jones
The settlement is largely inhabited by washermen and their families, many of whom live and work there.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
A narrow lane in Mumbai city's upmarket Colaba area opens up to a patch of land filled with small concrete cubicles - nooks washermen use to clean and dry the city's laundry.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
After they had gone the whole length of the bazar, and had met with no buyers, some one advised them to go to where the washermen lived, saying, they might possibly take them.
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
They are used for igniting hookhas: they are also burnt inside the smoothing-iron used by washermen in order to heat it.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Sir Francis Galton
The washermen, however, refused, and as they could not find a purchaser, they threw away the ashes, and returned home determined to be revenged upon Bitaram.
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
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