Meaning & use
laundress
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a woman whose job is washing and ironing clothes and linens, especially for others.
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In the Victorian era, a laundress might work long hours scrubbing linens by hand.
The hotel employed a laundress to keep its bedding spotless.
A note on using this word
Laundress is now a somewhat dated term, mostly encountered in historical fiction or discussions of past domestic work; modern usage favors gender-neutral terms like 'laundry worker.'
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washerwoman
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