labouresslaboressn.

Brit.

/ˈleɪb(ə)rᵻs/,

/leɪbəˈrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈleɪbərəs/

Forms: see labour v. and -ess suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: labour v., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < labour v. + -ess suffix¹, after labourer n.

rare before 19th cent. (now chiefly historical).

A female worker or labourer.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > woman

workwomana1382

operatrice1531

labouress1570

operatress1841

ouvrièrea1855

career woman1927

1570 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 10 For Clementes paynes in the kychen a daye, laberess.

1809 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1810) 13 164 Two other fellow-labouresses.

1867 Chambers's Jrnl. 21 Dec. 801 The unmistressed labouresses sat in a smaller room.

1877 Harper's Mag. Apr. 675/2 Mindello..stands on the bay, affording homes for the laborers, or rather laboresses, employed by the English company.

1906 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Evening News 25 May 3/4 His wife's description of her work as a farm laboress.

2005 T. M. Reese in P. A. Coclanis Atlantic Econ. during 17th & 18th Cent. 284 On July 10 the company employed eleven bricklayers, seven carpenters, four sawyers..seventeen laborers, thirty-two labouresses, and six stone blowers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	labouress
释义	labouresslaboressn. Brit. /ˈleɪb(ə)rᵻs/, /leɪbəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈleɪbərəs/ Forms: see labour v. and -ess suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: labour v., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < labour v. + -ess suffix¹, after labourer n. rare before 19th cent. (now chiefly historical). A female worker or labourer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > woman workwomana1382 operatrice1531 labouress1570 operatress1841 ouvrièrea1855 career woman1927 1570 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 10 For Clementes paynes in the kychen a daye, laberess. 1809 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1810) 13 164 Two other fellow-labouresses. 1867 Chambers's Jrnl. 21 Dec. 801 The unmistressed labouresses sat in a smaller room. 1877 Harper's Mag. Apr. 675/2 Mindello..stands on the bay, affording homes for the laborers, or rather laboresses, employed by the English company. 1906 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Evening News 25 May 3/4 His wife's description of her work as a farm laboress. 2005 T. M. Reese in P. A. Coclanis Atlantic Econ. during 17th & 18th Cent. 284 On July 10 the company employed eleven bricklayers, seven carpenters, four sawyers..seventeen laborers, thirty-two labouresses, and six stone blowers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570
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