munitionette

English

Etymology

From munition +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mjʊnɪʃəˈnɛt/

Noun

munitionette (plural munitionettes)

1. (UK, colloquial, now historical) A female worker in a munitions factory, especially during the First World War. [from 20th c.]
   • 1991, Pat Barker, Regeneration (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 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.

Synonyms

• canary girl
• munitioneer
• munitioner