laundryman

/'lɔ:ndrimən/

Thân thiện

The laundryman loads a large washing machine with sheets.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person whose job is to wash, dry, and iron clothes, linens, and other fabrics, often professionally or for a service: A laundryman is typically a man employed to operate washing equipment and handle laundry, either in a commercial establishment, a hotel, or by providing a collection and delivery service.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The hotel laundryman ensured all the bed sheets were perfectly clean and pressed.
  • Before modern washing machines, many households sent their clothes to the local laundryman.

Advanced Usage

• Historical/Professional Context: The term often implies a specific, sometimes outdated, professional role, distinct from more modern job titles like "laundry attendant" or "dry cleaner."
  • In the early 20th century, the laundryman would come to our street every Monday with his cart.

Variants and Related Words

• Launderer (n): A more formal or gender-neutral term for a person who launders clothes.
• Laundress (n): A woman whose job is washing clothes and linens.
• Laundry (n): The room or place where washing is done, or the clothes/linens themselves.

Synonyms

• Washerman: A person, especially a man, who washes clothes.
• Dry cleaner: A person who owns or works in a business that cleans clothes with chemical solvents instead of water.

Related Phrases

• "To send out the laundry": To give clothes to a professional laundry service.
  • We send out the laundry to a local service every week.

Học thuật

Noun

1. operates industrial washing machine

Từ đồng nghĩa

• washerman