charwoman n 1: 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" [syn: {charwoman}, {char}, {cleaning woman}, {cleaning lady}, {woman}]
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]