munitionetten.

Brit.

/mjᵿˌnɪʃəˈnɛt/, U.S.

/mjuˌnɪʃəˈnɛt/,

/mjəˌnɪʃəˈnɛt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: munition n., -ette suffix.

Etymology: < munition n. + -ette suffix. Compare munitioneer n., munitioner n.

British colloquial. Now historical.

A young female worker in a munitions factory, esp. during the First World War (1914–18).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > one who makes ammunition

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1915 Daily Sketch 9 Nov. 13/1 (heading) Munitionettes who receive threepence an hour.

1917 Daily News 17 May 3/1 A shell-shop filled with blue-clad mob-capped cheering munitionettes.

1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down ii. xiii. 381 He had taken a little flutter with a munitionette from the Wirtley Works.

1996 Chem. in Brit. Mar. 37/1 The lives and work of the munitionettes, who produced and filled the shells, have been described in a number of sources.

2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 9 Jan. 2 It was the First World War which began to unlock employment opportunities for many women—driving trams, nursing, or escaping domestic service to enter the munition factories as ‘munitionettes’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	munitionette
释义	munitionetten. Brit. /mjᵿˌnɪʃəˈnɛt/, U.S. /mjuˌnɪʃəˈnɛt/, /mjəˌnɪʃəˈnɛt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: munition n., -ette suffix. Etymology: < munition n. + -ette suffix. Compare munitioneer n., munitioner n. British colloquial. Now historical. A young female worker in a munitions factory, esp. during the First World War (1914–18). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > one who makes ammunition munitionette1915 munitioneer1916 munition girl1916 munitioner1917 1915 Daily Sketch 9 Nov. 13/1 (heading) Munitionettes who receive threepence an hour. 1917 Daily News 17 May 3/1 A shell-shop filled with blue-clad mob-capped cheering munitionettes. 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down ii. xiii. 381 He had taken a little flutter with a munitionette from the Wirtley Works. 1996 Chem. in Brit. Mar. 37/1 The lives and work of the munitionettes, who produced and filled the shells, have been described in a number of sources. 2000 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 9 Jan. 2 It was the First World War which began to unlock employment opportunities for many women—driving trams, nursing, or escaping domestic service to enter the munition factories as ‘munitionettes’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1915
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