washerwoman

[wosh-er-woom-uhn, waw-sher-]

noun

plural

washerwomen 

1. a woman who washes clothes, linens, etc., for hire; laundress.

washerwoman

/ ˈwɒʃəˌwʊmən /

noun

1. a person who washes clothes for a living

Gender Note

See -woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of washerwoman¹

First recorded in 1625–35; washer + -woman

Example Sentences

She works as a washerwoman and says her son suffers from a disability which doesn't allow him to work.

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For the last 16 years, like many women in Itaituba, she has been returning periodically to the mines to work as a cook, a washerwoman, a barmaid and a sex worker.

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At the foundry, Rhodes-Pitts helped model the form for another bronze, “Last Garment,” being shown in Venice — a washerwoman, bent over and kneading a garment in a reflecting pool.

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June Brown, who has died at the age of 95, won her place in British hearts playing the chain-smoking washerwoman, Dot Cotton in EastEnders.

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She cited a statue of nude washerwoman in Bologna dating to 2001, as well as a statue of a scantily clad gleaner unveiled last year.

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