Laundress
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Laundress is a noun meaning Synonym of washerwoman.
Meaning
Synonym of washerwoman.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, historical) To act as a laundress.
Example Sentences
I tell thee ſhameleſſe girle, Thou ſhalt be Landreſſe to my waiting maide:
‘Sir,’ said Mrs. Crupp, in a tone approaching to severity, ‘I’ve laundressed other young gentlemen besides yourself. […]’
2007, Lawrence Hill, The Book of Negroes (Someone Knows My Name), New York: Norton, Book Three, p. 260, Mama got herself free before she had me, and she was laundressing for the British since my early days.
And oh, my dears, real washing is very different work from the dolls’ laundressing—standing round a wash-hand basin placed on a nursery chair, and wasting ever so much beautiful honey-soap in nice clean hot water […]
Word Forms
- laundresses
- laundressing
- laundressed
Synonyms for laundress
Depending on context, synonyms include washerwoman, washwoman, laundrywoman.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include washwoman, washerwoman, laundrywoman, underlaundress, washer, launderess.
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