"charwoman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: charwomen [plural]
Etymology: From char + -woman. Etymology templates: {{af|en|char|-woman|id1=chore}} char + -woman Head templates: {{en-noun|charwomen}} charwoman (plural charwomen)
  1. (chiefly British) A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages. Tags: British Categories (topical): Female people Synonyms: char, charlady, Cinderella [derogatory], cleaning woman, char-woman Translations (cleaning lady): հավաքարարուհի (havakʿararuhi) (Armenian), 清潔女工 (Chinese Mandarin), 清洁女工 (qīngjié nǚgōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 家政女工 (jiāzhèng nǚgōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 女保洁員 (Chinese Mandarin), 女保洁员 (nǚ bǎojiéyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 女清潔工 (Chinese Mandarin), 女清洁工 (nǚ qīngjiégōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 打雜女工 (Chinese Mandarin), 打杂女工 (dǎzá nǚgōng) (Chinese Mandarin), rengøringsdame [common-gender] (Danish), meid (Dutch), poetsvrouw (Dutch), schoonmaakster [feminine] (Dutch), passija (Estonian), taloudenhoitaja (Finnish), femme de ménage [feminine] (French), femme de journée [feminine] (French), femme de service [feminine] (French), technicienne de surface [feminine] (French), nettoyeuse [feminine] (French), Putzfrau [feminine] (German), מנקה (menaká) [feminine] (Hebrew), takarítónő (Hungarian), 掃除婦 (sōjifu) (alt: そうじふ) (Japanese), 家政婦 (kaseifu) (alt: かせいふ) (Japanese), 소제부 (sojebu) (alt: 掃除婦) (Korean), 가정부 (gajeongbu) (alt: 家政婦) (Korean), измеќарка (izmeḱarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), vaskedame [feminine] (Norwegian), sprzątaczka [feminine] (Polish), empregada [feminine] (Portuguese), arrumadeira [feminine] (Portuguese), femeie de serviciu [feminine] (Romanian), убо́рщица (ubórščica) [feminine] (Russian), подёнщица (podjónščica) [feminine] (Russian), домрабо́тница (domrabótnica) [feminine] (Russian), mujer de la limpieza [feminine] (Spanish), städerska [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "word": "Cinderella"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "nǚ qīngjiégōng",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
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        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "word": "打雜女工"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dǎzá nǚgōng",
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
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          "word": "rengøringsdame"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "cleaning lady",
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        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "word": "poetsvrouw"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
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          "word": "schoonmaakster"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "word": "passija"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "word": "taloudenhoitaja"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "femme de ménage"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "femme de journée"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "menaká",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "word": "takarítónő"
        },
        {
          "alt": "そうじふ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōjifu",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "word": "掃除婦"
        },
        {
          "alt": "かせいふ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaseifu",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "word": "家政婦"
        },
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          "sense": "cleaning lady",
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        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izmeḱarka",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vaskedame"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sprzątaczka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "empregada"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "arrumadeira"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "femeie de serviciu"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "убо́рщица"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "cleaning lady",
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          ],
          "word": "mujer de la limpieza"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "cleaning lady",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "städerska"
        }
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      "word": "Cinderella"
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      "word": "cleaning woman"
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "清潔女工"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "qīngjié nǚgōng",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "清洁女工"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāzhèng nǚgōng",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "家政女工"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "女保洁員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚ bǎojiéyuán",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "女保洁员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "女清潔工"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚ qīngjiégōng",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "女清洁工"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "打雜女工"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎzá nǚgōng",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "打杂女工"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rengøringsdame"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "meid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "poetsvrouw"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "schoonmaakster"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "passija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "taloudenhoitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "femme de ménage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "femme de journée"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "femme de service"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "technicienne de surface"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nettoyeuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Putzfrau"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "menaká",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מנקה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "takarítónő"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうじふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōjifu",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "掃除婦"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かせいふ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaseifu",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "家政婦"
    },
    {
      "alt": "掃除婦",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sojebu",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "소제부"
    },
    {
      "alt": "家政婦",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gajeongbu",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "word": "가정부"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izmeḱarka",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "измеќарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaskedame"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sprzątaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empregada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arrumadeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "femeie de serviciu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubórščica",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "убо́рщица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podjónščica",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подёнщица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "domrabótnica",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "домрабо́тница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mujer de la limpieza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cleaning lady",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "städerska"
    }
  ],
  "word": "charwoman"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.