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laundress

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlɔːndrɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈlɔndrɪs, ˈlɑn-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lôn′dris, län′-)

laun•dress (lôn′dris, län′-),USA pronunciation n.

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

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

-ess.

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laundress /ˈlɔːndrɪs/ n

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

laun•der /ˈlɔndɚ, ˈlɑn-/USA pronunciation v.

to wash (clothes, linens, etc.); to wash and iron (clothes): [~ + object]She laundered the sheets.[no object]He spent the whole day laundering.
to undergo washing and ironing:[no object]The shirt didn't launder well.
Informal Terms[~ + object]
- to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), as by sending through a foreign bank.

laun•der•er, n. [countable]
laun•dress /ˈlɔndrɪs, ˈlɑn-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

laun•der (lôn′dər, län′-),USA pronunciation v.t.

to wash (clothes, linens, etc.).
to wash and iron (clothes).
Informal Terms
- to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usually by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries.
- to disguise the true nature of (a transaction, operation, or the like) by routing money or goods through one or more intermediaries.
to remove embarrassing or unpleasant characteristics or elements from in order to make more acceptable:He'll have to launder his image if he wants to run for office.

v.i.

to wash laundry.
to undergo washing and ironing:The shirt didn't launder well.

Metallurgy(in ore dressing) a passage carrying products of intermediate grade and residue in water suspension.
Metallurgya channel for conveying molten steel to a ladle.

Medieval Latin lavandārius (masculine), lavandāria (feminine), equivalent. to Latin lavand- (gerund, gerundive stem of lavāre to wash) + -ārius, -āria -ary; see -er²)
Middle French lavandier(e)
1300–50; 1970–75 for def. 3; Middle English: launderer, syncopated variant of lavandere, lavendere washer of linen

laun′der•a•ble, adj.
laun′der•a•bil′i•ty, n.
laun′der•er, n.

'laundress' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

laundrywoman - washerwoman

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