workingwoman

[ wur-king-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural work·ing·wom·en.

1. a woman who is regularly employed.

Gender Note

See -woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of workingwoman¹

First recorded in 1850–55; working + woman

Example Sentences

She had a way of making me feel like we were the same age, even though I was still in high school and she was a workingwoman in her twenties.

From Literature

A child of the Depression and a workingwoman of the ’50s, my mother was grateful for a freezer and TV dinners that she’d serve as though she were offering us caviar.

From New York Times

From his ethical speculations and social experiments are projected figures like that of Maria Paulovna, a rich and beautiful woman who prefers to live like a common workingwoman and is drawn by her social conscience into the revolutionary vortex.

From Project Gutenberg

They knew her to be an artisan's wife, an ordinary workingwoman.

From Project Gutenberg

If Calvin Klein is the icon of minimalism, Ralph Lauren the elegant esquire and Donna Karan the workingwoman's tailor, Jacobs is the eclectic sampler who has ushered in an era of sophisticated charm in fashion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Related Words

• blue collar