workhouse

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
2. (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
3. (archaic) A place of manufacture; a factory.

Verb

To place (a person) in the workhouse (institution for the poor).

Sinonieme

poorhouse

almshouse

alms-house

almonry

poor-house

Vertalings

aalmoezeniershuis

armhuis

πτωχοκομείο

σωφρονιστήριο

armenhuis

φτωχοκομείο

επαρχιακή φυλακή

hospice

verbeteringsgesticht

werkhuis

asilo

hospicio

darülaceze

الإصلاحيّة

ıslah evi

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English werkhous, from Old English weorchūs (“workshop, place of manufacture”), from Proto-Germanic *werkahūsą, equivalent to work + house.