a human female employed to do housework“the char will clean the carpet”“I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write”Synonyms: charcleaning womancleaning ladywoman
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Charwoman \Char"wom`an\ (ch[^a]r"w[oo^]m`an), n.; pl. Charwomen (ch[^a]r"w[i^]m`[e^]n). [See Char a chore.] A woman hired for odd work or for single days. [1913 Webster]