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PRONUNCIATION OF CHARLADY

charlady  [ˈtʃɑːˌleɪdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHARLADY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Charlady is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHARLADY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Charwoman

A charwoman, char or charlady is an English house cleaner. The term has the same roots as "chore woman", one hired to do odd chores around the house. A char or chare was a turn in the sixteenth century, which gave rise to the word being used as a prefix to denote people working in domestic service. The usage of "charwoman" was common in the mid-19th century, often appearing as an occupation in the English census of 1841, but it fell out of common use in the later decades of the 20th century, often replaced by the term "daily ". Unlike a maid or housekeeper, typically live-in positions, the charwoman usually worked for hourly wages, usually on a part-time basis, often having several different employers. The position often features in fiction. One notable character is Ebeneezer Scrooge's charwoman Mrs. Dilber who appears in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Another well-known fictional char is Ada Harris, the central character in Paul Gallico's novel Mrs 'Arris goes to Paris.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHARLADY


Adie
ˈeɪdɪ
byrlady
bəˈleɪdɪ
cedi
ˈseɪdɪ
fady
ˈfeɪdɪ
forelady
ˈfɔːˌleɪdɪ
glady
ˈɡleɪdɪ
lady
ˈleɪdɪ
landlady
ˈlændˌleɪdɪ
maravedi
ˌmærəˈveɪdɪ
miladi
mɪˈleɪdɪ
milady
mɪˈleɪdɪ
saleslady
ˈseɪlzˌleɪdɪ
shady
ˈʃeɪdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHARLADY

charitableness
charitably
charities
charity
Charity Commissioners
charity sale
charity shop
charity toss
charity work
charivari
chark
charka
charkha
charladies
charlatan
charlatanic
charlatanical
charlatanism
charlatanistic
charlatanry

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHARLADY

bag lady
bearded lady
cleaning lady
dinner lady
find the lady
first lady
leading lady
lollipop lady
maiden lady
malady
my lady
naked lady
old lady
painted lady
pink lady
shopping bag lady
tea lady
white lady
young lady

Synonyms and antonyms of charlady in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «charlady» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHARLADY

Find out the translation of charlady to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of charlady from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «charlady» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

charlady
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

charlady
570 millions of speakers

English

charlady
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

charlady
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

charlady
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

charlady
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

charlady
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

charlady
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

femme de ménage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Charlady
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Putzfrau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

charlady
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

charlady
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Liyane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người ở đợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

charlady
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चार्लडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gündelikçi kadın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

domestica a ore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

charlady
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

charlady
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

charlady
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

charlady
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bediende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

charlady
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

charlady
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of charlady

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARLADY»

The term «charlady» is used very little and occupies the 155.656 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHARLADY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «charlady» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «charlady» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about charlady

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHARLADY»

Discover the use of charlady in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to charlady and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ontology of the Analytic Tradition and Its Origins: ...
The problems of paraphrase include overlapping particulars, vagueness, pragmatics, and plain common sense— as in translating (1 Ib)— alike. McCauley no doubt would translate the ordinary definite description "the charlady who ain't never ...
Jan Dejnozka, 1996
2
The Elimination of Morality: Reflections on Utilitarianism ...
People can differ, not only in the way they rank moral considerations relative to one another, but also in what they are prepared to count as a moral consideration at all; and Singer's view is that the charlady's relationship to the rescuer has, ...
Anne Maclean, 2005
3
The Metamorphosis and Other Tales
This large black mamma of a Charlady would be infinitely preferable to the Charlady of old in his previous life's fiction, where D. had succumbed to the rotten Charlady and his dead body been swept away with the rubbish to be disposed of.
Aida Dahlvrlegg, 2009
4
Being poor in modern Europe: historical perspectives 1800-1940
In 1924, Punch published a cartoon in which a mistress, while arranging flowers on a table, talks to her charlady who is scrubbing the fireplace. The mistress expresses her sympathy that the charlady's husband has lost his job as an engineer ...
Inga Brandes, 2006
5
Self Condemned
Deafened by the shriek, he passed the kitchen window and there was the charlady's face tilted back, observing him with the remote ethereal derision peculiar (he had supposed) to Mrs. Harradson, observing him in flight from the blast of the ...
Wyndham Lewis, 2010
6
CultureShock! Great Britain
This funny image of a charlady (cleaner to you) is something you don't often see on US TV, where glamour is all-full makeup in bed, etc. In fact, this sense of honesty has enshrined many characters as national symbols—the charlady forever in ...
Terry Tan, 2008
7
Encounters with Tadeusz Kantor
The Beadle from the Good Old Days and Charlady-Death keep up their good work as spiritual guardians of these “eternal pupils”. All the characters make use from time to time of Witkacy's text: for instance, the Old Man from the Lavatory is ...
Krzysztof Miklaszewski, George Hyde, 2013
8
Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
13c: from French chants, from Latin carrtas lows. charlady see CHARWOMAN charlatan /'Jaibtan/ o noun, derog someone posing as an expert in some profession, especially medicine. • charlatanism noun. © 17c: from FVench. from Italian ...
Allied
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Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People
Charlady: It is that. Don't tell me you've never seen it before. . . . You're the only one in the country then. Revolutionist (Putting his foot on a chair and half sitting on table): No. I've been biding my time. Waiting. Charlady (Mopping around his ...
10
Mrs Harris Goes to Moscow
Responsible for cleaning the homes of the rich, Mrs Harris is a humble charlady with a knack for putting things in order wherever she goes.
Paul Gallico, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHARLADY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term charlady is used in the context of the following news items.
1
School pupils take a trip back in time to Duxford during the Second …
... a charlady, a spiv, a member of the Women's Land Army, a Blitz housewife and a 1940s policeman, who cycled up and down the historic site. «Herts and Essex Observer, Jun 15»
2
Acorn Antiques: The Musical at the Festival Hall, Petersfield
Written by the show's creator Victoria Wood, the musical's storyline revolves around Mrs Overall, the lowly charlady (created by Julie Walters), ... «Portsmouth News, Jun 15»
3
Chester Little Theatre to stage Alan Bennett's classic comedy …
... than life characters including the lecherous and appropriately named vicar, Canon Throbbing, and the Wicksteed's charlady Mrs Swabb. «ChesterChronicle.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Review: Murder in Play @ Lichfield Garrick
... while Gina Martin reaches an all-time high as a grand old trouper playing a cook/charlady. The sequence where she's told to “age” her part is ... «Lichfield Live, May 15»
5
LIBERIA: Charcoal Union Embarks on Pilot Project
So, I thank the union for bring us together to take this problem from us,” Jebbeh Senwan, the charlady of Garwulor District, who is also a ... «Global News Network, May 15»
6
Everyman (National Theatre Olivier)
... and she's first seen – in the charlady shape of a bedraggled Kate Duchêne – disconsolately sweeping the stage and asking the audience as ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Apr 15»
7
In praise of Venie Holmgren: at 92, still an activist, adventurer and poet
... in turn, she played dutiful daughter, shop assistant, housewife and mother, unpaid political organiser (often for unpopular causes), charlady, ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
8
10 worst TV plot twists
In the often-less-than-tense Coventry motel soap, motel charlady, cleaner and resident gossip Amy Turtle was wrongly accused of being a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
9
Mary is a real superstar volunteer
We say she is Cumbernauld's oldest charlady. “When she started the volunteers would cook the meals on the premises but these days they are ... «Cumbernauld News, Jan 15»
10
Anthony Quinn on critics in fiction
The tone is set once the charlady answers the telephone with the words: “Hello, the drawing room of Lady Muldoon's country residence one ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»

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