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laundresses

laundresses is the plural of laundress.

laundresses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of laundress.

Meaning of laundress

Noun

laundress (plural laundresses)

  1. Synonym of washerwoman.
    • I tell thee ſhameleſſe girle,
      Thou ſhalt be Landreſſe to my waiting maide:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    washerwoman

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Questions about laundresses

What is laundresses the plural of?
Laundresses is the plural of laundress.

Words near laundresses in the dictionary

  1. launderometer
  2. launderometers
  3. launders
  4. laundress
  5. laundressed
  6. laundresses
  7. laundressing
  8. laundrette
  9. laundrettes
  10. Laundrie
  11. laundries

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