workwoman
[wurk-woo m-uh n]
noun, plural work·wom·en.
Origin of workwoman
Usage note
See -woman.
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Related Words for workwoman
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Historical Examples of workwoman
But she was kept on all the same, for no other workwoman could iron a shirt with her style.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
The London workwoman buys a pound for one penny, or at the most twopence.
Prisoners of Poverty AbroadHelen Campbell
A workwoman, friends, she, no less than a princess; and princess most in being so.
Saint UrsulaJohn Ruskin
The "treachery" is all the greater if the objector is a workman or a workwoman.
With the "Die-Hards" in SiberiaJohn Ward
And each box passes through the workwoman's hands thirteen times!
Les MisrablesVictor Hugo