"washerwoman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: washerwomen [plural]
Etymology: washer + -woman Etymology templates: {{suf|en|washer|woman}} washer + -woman Head templates: {{en-noun|washerwomen}} washerwoman (plural washerwomen)
  1. A woman who washes people's laundry. Categories (topical): Female people, Laundry Synonyms: laundress Translations (woman whose employment is laundering): πλύντρια (plúntria) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), غَسَّالَة (ḡassāla) [feminine] (Arabic), լվացարարուհի (lvacʿararuhi) [feminine] (Armenian), paltaryuyan (Azerbaijani), перачка (peračka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bugadera [feminine] (Catalan), pradlena [feminine] (Czech), vaskekone [common-gender] (Danish), lavistino (Esperanto), blanchisseuse [feminine] (French), lavandière [feminine] (French), laveuse [feminine] (French), მრეცხავი (mrecxavi) (Georgian), Wäscherin [feminine] (German), Waschfrau [feminine] (German), πλύστρα (plýstra) [feminine] (Greek), धोबिन (dhobin) [feminine] (Hindi), mosónő (Hungarian), lavistino (Ido), caile daibhche [masculine] (Irish), bean níocháin [feminine] (Irish), asdzání daʼiigisígíí (Navajo), laverêsse [feminine] (Norman), vaskekone [feminine] (Norwegian), praczka [feminine] (Polish), lavadeira (Portuguese), t'aqsaq (Quechua), spălătoreasă [feminine] (Romanian), пра́чка (práčka) [feminine] (Russian), мо́йщица (mójščica) [feminine] (Russian), washerwife (Scots), lavandera [feminine] (Spanish), tvätterska (Swedish), וועשערין (vesherin) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-washerwoman-en-noun-0StJGLCH Disambiguation of Female people: 70 26 4 Disambiguation of Laundry: 84 11 5 Disambiguation of 'woman whose employment is laundering': 82 15 3
  2. (colloquial) A double drummer, large cicada of Australia, of species Thopha saccata. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-washerwoman-en-noun-oA7i6OMj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -woman Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 68 28 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 68 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -woman: 23 59 19
  3. A weedy plant of the Americas (Alternanthera caracasana).
    Sense id: en-washerwoman-en-noun-lb0qOvVo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: washerwomanly, washerwoman's itch

Inflected forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lavandera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "woman whose employment is laundering",
      "word": "tvätterska"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vesherin",
      "sense": "woman whose employment is laundering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "וועשערין"
    }
  ],
  "word": "washerwoman"
}

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