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ˈwasherman
[f. washer n.1 + man n.]
A man whose occupation is the washing of clothes.
‘Chiefly designating the Chinese laundryman of the U.S. and the Asiatic native washer of clothes.’—N.E.D.
1715J. Stevens Hist. Persia 77 His Beauty and Wealth made the Washerman sensible that the Parents must be great. 1743Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas 126 William Callicutt, Washerman. 1810T. Williamson E. Ind. Vade Mecum I. 244 The Doby, or washerman, is also exclusively a domestic, washing for only one family. 1874L. J. Trotter Hist. India Introd. 10 Each village kept..its own..schoolmaster, washerman, goldsmith, [etc.]. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. III. iv. lxxxi. 71 One trade, however, the Chinese are permitted to follow, and have now almost monopolized, that of washermen. |