laundress
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English launder Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English launderer English ess English laundress From launderer + ess.
- Synonym of washerwoman.
“I tell thee ſhameleſſe girle, Thou ſhalt be Landreſſe to my waiting maide:”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English launder Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English launderer English ess English laundress From launderer + ess.
- To act as a laundress.
“‘Sir,’ said Mrs. Crupp, in a tone approaching to severity, ‘I’ve laundressed other young gentlemen besides yourself. […]’”
“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 […]”