Char-Woman

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Char-Woman
Author: Noah Webster

CHAR-WOMAN, n. A woman hired for odd work, or for single days.

[Char-man and Char-Woman are, I believe, not used in America.]

CHAR, v.t.

1. To burn or reduce to coal or carbon; to reduce to charcoal, by expelling all volatile matter from wood. This is done by burning wood slowly under a covering of turf and earth.

2. To expel all volatile matter from stone or earth, by heat.

The stone or earth charred from all foreign visible ingredients.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Char-Woman," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 12, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GE3VWW8QBZUR5V3.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Char-Woman." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 12 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GE3VWW8QBZUR5V3.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Char-Woman' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 12 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GE3VWW8QBZUR5V3.