laundryowner C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈlɔndriˌoʊnər/ UK /ˈlɔːndriˌəʊnə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who owns a laundry business The laundryowner hired two more pressers to keep up with demand. Thesaurus Word family Related forms laundrylaunderownerlaundress Etymology AI details A transparent compound of laundry (from Middle English launder, ultimately Latin lavandāria 'things to be washed', from lavāre 'to wash') and owner. lavandāria Latin lavāre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # laundryowner **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈlɔndriˌoʊnər/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈlɔːndriˌəʊnə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who owns a laundry business ## Examples - The laundryowner hired two more pressers to keep up with demand. ## Related Forms - laundry - launder - owner - laundress ## Roots and Affixes - Root: lavandāria - Root: lavāre ## Etymology A transparent compound of laundry (from Middle English launder, ultimately Latin lavandāria 'things to be washed', from lavāre 'to wash') and owner. ## AI Etymology Laundryowner is a transparent compound of laundry (from Middle English launder, ultimately Latin lavandāria 'things to be washed', from lavāre 'to wash') and owner. The etymological trail includes Latin lavandāria, Latin lavāre. The same word family includes laundry, launder, owner, laundress. Its current noun use means "a person who owns a laundry business". ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown