workingwoman
noun
a woman who is regularly employed.
workingwomen
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pluralof workingwoman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
When Queen Mary went to Stansted, England to open a home for British workingwomen, the children who were to present purses to Her Majesty were anxiously coached.
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
Because, we hold that an extension of suffrage would be adverse to the interests of the workingwomen of the country, with whom we heartily sympathize.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
