• Laywoman

    Full definition of laywoman

    Noun

    laywoman

    (plural laywomen)
    (Specifically female form of layperson, layman.)
    1. A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
    2. by analogy, a woman who is not a professional in a given fieldCarmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.
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