charwoman

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charwoman

noun charwomen · char-woman

  1. UK A woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages. The cloth was laid by an occasional charwoman, who officiated in the capacity of Mr. Bob Sawyer’s housekeeper; […]

    Similar: char, charlady, Cinderella, cleaning woman

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noun cleaning lady

Españolmujer de la limpieza
한국어소제부 sojebu, 가정부 gajeongbu
日本語掃除婦 sōjifu, 家政婦 kaseifu
中文清潔女工 /清洁女工 qīngjié nǚgōng, 家政女工 jiāzhèng nǚgōng, 女保洁員 nǚ bǎojiéyuán, 女清潔工 /女清洁工 nǚ qīngjiégōng, 打雜女工 /打杂女工 dǎzá nǚgōng
Portuguêsempregada, arrumadeira
Françaisfemme de ménage, femme de journée, femme de service, technicienne de surface, nettoyeuse
DeutschPutzfrau
Românăfemeie de serviciu
Русскийубо́рщица ubórščica, подёнщица podjónščica, домрабо́тница domrabótnica
עבריתמנקה menaká

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@misc{charwoman_2026,
  title = {charwoman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/charwoman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}