charwoman

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char·wom·an /ˈtʃɑːˌwʊmən $ ˈtʃɑːr-/ noun (plural charwomen /-ˌwɪmɪn/) [countable] British English old-fashioned  DHCBOa woman who works as a cleaner, especially in someone’s house 〔尤指打扫住宅的〕清洁女工

Examples from the Corpus

charwoman• You're a charwoman for Mrs Charlton, but round about here they have a number of names for you.• Supposed to be matron, and knew no more than a charwoman.• She has also a splendid charwoman.Origin charwoman (1500-1600) chare “work” ((14-19 centuries)) (from chare “turn, piece of work” ((11-17 centuries)), from Old English cerr) + woman

char·wom·an nounChineseSyllable  

who a as cleaner, in Corpus house a woman someone’s especially works

charwoman
char‧wom‧an /ˈtʃɑːˌwʊmən $ ˈtʃɑːr-/ noun (plural charwomen /-ˌwɪmɪn/) [countable] British English old-fashioneda woman who works as a cleaner, especially in someone’s house

char·womanBrE /ˈtʃɑːwʊmən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃɑːrwʊmən/ 🔊 noun (

plural

char·women BrE /ˈtʃɑːwɪmɪn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtʃɑːrwɪmɪn/ 🔊 ) (also char, char·lady) (all BrE, old-fashioned) a woman whose job is to clean a house, an office building, etc. 女清洁工