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Webster 1913 Edition


Laundress

Laun′dress

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Noun.
A woman whose employment is laundering.

Laun′dress

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Verb.
I.
To act as a laundress.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Laundress

LAUNDRESS

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Noun.
l'andress. [L. lavo.]
A washer-woman; a female whose employment is to wash clothes.

LAUNDRESS

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Verb.
I.
l'andress. [supra.] To practice washing.

Definition 2024


laundress

laundress

English

Noun

laundress (plural laundresses)

  1. A woman whose employment is laundering.

Translations

Verb

laundress (third-person singular simple present laundresses, present participle laundressing, simple past and past participle laundressed)

  1. (obsolete) To act as a laundress.