munitionette
English
Etymology
From munition + -ette.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mjʊnɪʃəˈnɛt/
Noun
munitionette (plural munitionettes)
- (UK, colloquial, now historical) A female worker in a munitions factory, especially during the First World War. [from 20th c.]
- 1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 119:
- 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, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 119:
Synonyms
- canary girl
- munitioneer
- munitioner