English Dictionary

munitionette

IPA（発音記号）

/mjʊnɪʃəˈnɛt/

名詞

イギリス英語 口語 歴史的

(UK, colloquial, now historical) A female worker in a munitions factory, especially during the First World War.

日本語の意味

第一次世界大戦時など、弾薬工場で働く女性労働者

As a munitionette, she worked twelve-hour shifts filling shells to support the war effort.

弾薬工場で働く女性労働者として、彼女は戦争支援のために砲弾の詰め作業を12時間の交代勤務でこなしていた。

意味（1）

(UK, colloquial, now 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.

munitionettes （ plural ）