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laundress

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laun⋅dress

[lawn-dris, lahn-]
–noun
a woman whose work is the washing and ironing of clothes, linens, etc.

Origin:
1540–50; obs. launder launderer (see launder ) + -ess


See -ess.
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laun·dress   (lôn'drĭs, län'-)   
n.  A woman employed to launder clothes or linens.
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