washerman
noun
a man who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundryman.
washermen
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pluralof washerman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 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
The grooms and washermen are all Bengalees, and there is a small but highly respectable class of Parsee merchants.
From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Alfred Russel Wallace
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
