charwoman

English

Etymology

char + woman.

Noun

charwoman (plural charwomen)

1. (chiefly UK) A woman employed to do housework.

Note: In the nineteenth century, the charlady worked for weekly wages and usually came and went on a daily basis.

Synonyms

• cinderella
• cleaning woman

Translations

a woman employed to do housework

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 打杂 (cmn)女工 (cmn)

• Dutch: poetsvrouw, schoonmaakster (nl) f
• French: technicienne de surface (fr) f, femme de ménage (fr) f, nettoyeuse (fr) f
• German: Putzfrau (de) f

• Hebrew: עוזרת בית (he) (ozéret báit) f
• Hungarian: bejárónő (hu)
• Macedonian: измеќарка (mk) (izméḱarka) f
• Russian: домработница (ru) (domrabótnitsa) f
• Spanish: limpiadora (es) f