washerwoman

English

A washerwoman.

Etymology

washer +‎ -woman

Noun

washerwoman (plural washerwomen)

A woman who washes people's laundry.
Synonym: laundress

Coordinate term: washerman
(colloquial) Double drummer.

Derived terms

Translations

woman whose employment is laundering

Armenian: լվացարարուհի (hy) f (lvacʿararuhi)
Arabic: غَسَّالَة‎ f (ḡassāla)
Azerbaijani: paltaryuyan
Bulgarian: перачка f (peračka)
Catalan: bugadera (ca) f
Czech: pradlena f
Danish: vaskekone c
Esperanto: lavistino
French: blanchisseuse (fr) f, lavandière (fr) f, laveuse (fr) f
Georgian: მრეცხავი (mrecxavi)
German: Wäscherin (de) f, Waschfrau (de) f
Greek: πλύστρα (el) f (plýstra)
Ancient: πλύντρια f (plúntria)
Hindi: धोबिन (hi) f (dhobin)
Hungarian: mosónő (hu)
Ido: lavistino (io)
Irish: caile daibhche m, bean níocháin f
Navajo: asdzání daʼiigisígíí
Norman: laverêsse f
Norwegian: vaskekone f
Polish: praczka (pl) f
Portuguese: lavadeira (pt)
Quechua: t'aqsaq
Romanian: spălătoreasă (ro) f
Russian: пра́чка (ru) f (práčka), мо́йщица (ru) f (mójščica)
Scots: washerwife
Spanish: lavandera (es) f
Swedish: tvätterska
Yiddish: וועשערין‎ f (vesherin)

Further reading

washerwoman on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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