munitionette en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mjʊnɪʃəˈnɛt/ (UK)
Etymology
From munition + -ette.
Meanings
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(UK, colloquial, historical) A female worker in a munitions factory, especially during the First World War.
Since they all had a slightly yellow tinge to their skin, he assumed they were munitions workers. Munitionettes, as the newspapers liked to call them.
1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 119:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| munitionettes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |