Middle English Dictionary Entry
launderer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | launderer n. |
| Etymology | From launder , var. of lavender(e n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A washerwoman, laundress.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)59/22 : Þer was a certayn womman in þe cetie, þat wasshid & amendid for hur hyre all þe clothis þat belonged vnto þe kurk of þe apostels..& had grete faythe in þe apostels..þan þe fyre þat burnyd, still owr-hippid þis lawnderer howse.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)71b : A lawnderer: Candidaria, lotrix.