英単語

charwomanの意味・使い方・発音

charwoman

英 ['tʃɑːwʊmən] 美 ['tʃɑrwʊmən]
  • n. 日常的に雇われるメイド。

語源


チャーウーマン。

語源はcore, charladyと同じ。

英語の語源


charwoman
charwoman: [16] A charwoman is, quite literally, a woman who does ‘chores’. Chore is a variant of the now obsolete noun chare or char, which meant literally ‘turn’ (it derived from the Old English verb cerran, which may be the source of charcoal). Hence ‘doing one’s turn’, ‘one’s turn at work’ in due course advanced its meaning to ‘job’. Already by the 15th century it had connotations of menial or household jobs: ‘making the beds and such other chares’, Nicholas Love, Bonaventura’s Mirror 1410.
=> ajar, chore
charwoman (n.)
1590s, from Middle English char, cherre "turn of work" (see chore) + woman. An Alicia Charwoman appears in the Borough of Nottingham records in 1379.

例文


1. The only person inside the gloomy building was a charwoman cleaning.
あの暗い建物の中で唯一の人は、雑用をしている女性で、そこで部屋を掃除しています。

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