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 length, about half-past eight of our last evening, with the waggon ready harnessed to convey us up the grade, the washerman, with a somewhat sneering air, produced the boy.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
In the list of bad omens come a donkey, broom, buffalo, untied bullock, barber, widow, patient, cat, washerman.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston
In Singonahully he entered into friendly relations with the old village washerman, who was nearly blind, and helped him in his work.
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
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
The merchants to whom they offered them directed them to go to the washermen, saying, “They will possibly buy.”
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
The more distinctly occupational castes usually have different names in different parts of the country, as Dhobi, Wārthi, Baretha, Chakla and Parit for washermen; Basor, Burud, Kandra and Dhulia for bamboo-workers, and so on.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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
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