laywoman

English

Etymology

From lay +‎ -womanCategory:English terms suffixed with -woman#LAYWOMAN.

Noun

laywoman (plural laywomen)Category:English lemmas#LAYWOMANCategory:English nouns#LAYWOMANCategory:English countable nouns#LAYWOMANCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#LAYWOMANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LAYWOMANCategory:Pages with entries#LAYWOMANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#LAYWOMAN

  1. A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
  2. (by extension) A woman who is not a professional in a given field.
    Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.Category:English terms with usage examples#LAYWOMAN
Category:English nouns with irregular plurals#LAYWOMAN Category:en:People#LAYWOMAN Category:English female equivalent nouns#LAYWOMAN
Category:English countable nouns Category:English female equivalent nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English nouns Category:English nouns with irregular plurals Category:English terms suffixed with -woman Category:English terms with usage examples Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:en:People