washerwoman
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Occupationswasherwomanwash‧er‧wom‧an /ˈwɒʃəˌwʊmən $ ˈwɒːʃər-, ˈwɑː-/ noun (plural washerwomen /-ˌwɪmɪn/) [countable] BOWASHa woman in the past whose job was to wash other people’s clothesExamples from the Corpuswasherwoman• He would look wonderful dressed as a washerwoman.• She worked as a washerwoman for several households, beginning her work at dawn.• And gabbing away like a washerwoman on every subject under the sun.• Still more of the widows went out as chars or washerwomen, and a few minded children.• Like it or not, you are in truth of the commonalty - the orphaned daughter of a poor washerwoman.