Meanings
nounlaunderer (plural launderers)
plural launderers
- One who engages in the business of laundering.
[...] the Westminster City Council has arranged with a large firm of launderers to wash blankets, sheets, pillow cases, and counterpanes, at low standard prices, and to return them the same day.
1941 September, Charles E. Lee, “Sheltering in London Tube Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 389
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Translations
Ancient Greek πλύντης
- πλύντης (plúntēs)one who engages in the business of laundering
Catalan blanquejador
- blanquejadorone who engages in the business of laundering
Esperanto lavisto
- lavistoone who engages in the business of laundering
Finnish pyykinpesijä
- pyykinpesijäone who engages in the business of laundering
Romanian spălător
- spălătorone who engages in the business of laundering
Spanish blanqueador
- blanqueadorone who engages in the business of laundering
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APA
launderer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launderer
MLA
“launderer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launderer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “launderer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/launderer.
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