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In some senses, washerwoman is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A woman who washes people's laundry.
‘I wish it would rain,’ continued she; ‘only we are going to have a six-week’s wash to-morrow, and that’s a heavy job for the poor creatures. La! don’t you pity washerwomen in hot weather; it’s the hardest work that’s done.’
A double drummer, large cicada of Australia, of species Thopha saccata.
A weedy plant of the Americas (Alternanthera caracasana).