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BNC: 38236 COCA: 32866

washerwoman

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
washerwoman /ˈwɑːʃɚˌwʊmən/ noun
plural washerwomen /-ˌwɪmən/ /ˈwɑːʃɚˌwɪmən/
washerwoman
/ˈwɑːʃɚˌwʊmən/
noun
plural washerwomen /-ˌwɪmən/ /ˈwɑːʃɚˌwɪmən/
Learner's definition of WASHERWOMAN
[count] old-fashioned
: a woman whose job is washing clothes洗衣女工
BNC: 38236 COCA: 32866

washerwoman

noun

wash·​er·​wom·​an ˈwȯ-shər-ˌwu̇-mən How to pronounce washerwoman (audio)
ˈwä-
: a woman whose occupation is washing clothes : laundress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Not some fed up Thuringian washerwoman hocking loogies at the parish priest, but an individual who has been so gripped by an enfolding ideology that the boundary between possessor and possessed is erased. Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 My mother was a washerwoman, and my father was a construction painter. Beatriz Miranda, refinery29.com, 19 Apr. 2022 The live model for the washerwoman and the standing woman was Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, a writer and teacher who is one of Leigh’s closest friends. The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 Her mother, Rosária Maria da Conceição, was a washerwoman; her father, Avelino Gomes, was a bricklayer who played guitar and liked samba music. Michael Astor, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022 The elder Walker toiled away as a washerwoman, determined not to let her daughter suffer the same cruelties of her impoverished childhood. Mayukh Sen, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021 He was born in 1805 to a mother who worked as a washerwoman in Odense. Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2021 As a girl, Walker helped her mother work as a washerwoman and soon joined her as a member of the Independent Order of St. Luke. Jason Zweig, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2020 The limited series follows Walker from a balding, struggling washerwoman who was knocked down by racial and gender biases to her rise as an astute businesswoman and fierce activist with fabulous hair and a thriving company. Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of washerwoman was in 1632
BNC: 38236 COCA: 32866

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