Laundress Synonyms

lôndrĭs, län-
A working woman who takes in washing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. washerwoman
  2. cleaning lady
  3. washwoman
  4. domestic
  5. laundrywoman

Words Related to Laundress

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. servant
  2. ess
  3. charwoman
  4. parlourmaid
  5. housekeeper
  6. housemaid
  7. dressmaker
  8. house-keeper

Laundress Sentence Examples

  • Washing was done by hand in the laundry which employed a laundress and four assistants.

  • He was invariably dressed in a suit of the most spotless black, as if going to a dinner party; his white neck-cloth was fresh from the laundress's hands, and his hat shining like a racer's coat.

  • His father died in 1887, and his mother became a laundress to support her large family.

  • It is certain that the necessary removal of George Douglas from Lochleven enabled him to devise a method of escape for the prisoner on the 25th of March, 1568, which was frustrated by detection of her white hands under the disguise of a laundress.

  • The laundress at the Perkins Institution secretly carried her off to give her a bath.

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