charwoman

2 definitions found

charwoman - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Charwoman \Char"wom`an\ (ch[^a]r"w[oo^]m`an), n.; pl.
     Charwomen (ch[^a]r"w[i^]m`[e^]n). [See Char a chore.]
     A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
     [1913 Webster]

charwoman - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  charwoman
      n 1: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will
           clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours
           a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman
           , cleaning lady, woman]