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workingwoman

American  
[wur-king-woom-uhn] / ˈwɜr kɪŋˌwʊm ən /

noun

  • workingwomen
    plural
  1. a woman who is regularly employed.


Gender

See -woman.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of workingwoman

First recorded in 1850–55; working + woman

Example Sentences

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I don't think she realized that I was a workingwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

One is the "little black dress," a Chanel revolution in the '20s and '30s, when it symbolized the offhand smartness of the modern workingwoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

In one of the many declarations the show makes about its heroine--in case anyone missed the point--Ally says, "I am a strong workingwoman whose life feels empty without a man."

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1998 I was a 49-year-old married workingwoman who found herself not feeling well.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had a way of making me feel like we were the same age, even though I was still in high school and she was a workingwoman in her twenties.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Part of his political success lies in the fact that he has made room for nearly everybody, from the redoubtable dissident Andrei Sakharov to Russian Orthodox priests to downtrodden workingwomen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a plaintiff in the Washington suit, called comparable worth "pay equity for workingwomen."

From Time Magazine Archive

White House aides order in a print of Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, the 1981 Oscar-winning romantic comedy about three young Soviet workingwomen who move with their dreams to the big city.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is the most compelling argument against any notion that companies can afford to sideline the millions of workingwomen who will decide to become mothers as well.

From Time Magazine Archive

In considering the condition of workingwomen during this unhappy period, the word "Vice," written large, must be constantly kept in mind.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld

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