English Explanatory Dictionary

washerwoman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woman who washes people's laundry.
  2. A double drummer, large cicada of Australia, of species Thopha saccata.
  3. A weedy plant of the Americas (Alternanthera caracasana).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-washerwoman.wav

Word forms

washerwoman washerwomen

Etymology

From washer + -woman.

Synonyms

laundress

Derived words

washerwomanly washerwoman's itch
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