laundress

3 definitions found

laundress - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Laundress \Laun"dress\, v. i.
     To act as a laundress. [Obs.]
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  Laundress \Laun"dress\, n.
     A woman whose employment is laundering.
     [1913 Webster]

laundress - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  laundress
      n 1: a working woman who takes in washing [syn: washwoman,
           washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress]