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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Origin of washerman
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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
At a betrothal in the great Kunbi cultivating caste of the Marāthas, the services of the barber and washerman must be requisitioned.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
After a death has occurred at a Kunbi’s house the impurity is not removed until the barber and washerman have eaten in it.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
“It means a washerman, I suppose,” observed Price.
From The King's Own by Frederick Marryat
The more lather a chap makes the better washerman he is, from all appearances.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Irving Crump
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
We had near us at Ranee Khet a little colony of Dhobees, washermen, whom I visited now and then.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy
The washermen far and near were told to bring cloths of different colours with which to cover and decorate the car, and payment for them was promised.
From Old Daniel by Unsigned
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