laundress

[ lawn-dris, lahn- ]

/ ˈlɔn drɪs, ˈlɑn- /

a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.

Origin of laundress

1540–50; obsolete launder launderer (see launder) + -ess

See -ess.

un·der·laun·dress, noun

He had edited the Alcestis, and married his laundress; lost money by his edition, and his fellowship by his match.

Vivian Grey |Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
Did he know Mrs. de la Rive, laundress, of Cambridge Street?

Rose Charlitte |Marshall Saunders
The laundress was called from her supper to take away the red table-cloth and the napkin.

What Will People Say? |Rupert Hughes
And he said: They are living in the same house with you, my dear fellow—they are my cook and my laundress.

Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905 |Various

The laundress, a big strapping woman, said she was willing to negotiate with him.

Reminiscences of Queensland |William Henry Corfield

laundress

/ (ˈlɔːndrɪs) /

a woman who launders clothes, sheets, etc, for a living