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
In both Districts the washerman is one of the recognised village servants, but as a rule he gets no fixed payment, and the great body of cultivators dispense with his services altogether.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II 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 offerings are appropriated by the village washerman.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
Dhobi is Hindustani; binara, washerman, is the most idiomatic term, but tukang-basoh is often heard, also, in Batavia, tukang menatu.
From A Manual of the Malay language With an Introductory Sketch of the Sanskrit Element in Malay by Sir William Edward Maxwell
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
I had an excellent bearer, Horna, as I have already stated, and under him were two or three Nagas; washermen, syces, gardeners, water-carriers, etc., made up the number.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by James Johnstone, chevalier de Johnstone
The first songs, "Out of the Street," are, as Manyemon, who would not have the Western people deceived, tells us, the vulgar songs, or those sung by the washermen, carpenters, and bamboo-weavers, etc.
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
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
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