noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
2. 2
   a woman who is not a clergyman or a professional person wordnet
3. 3
   A woman who is not a professional in a given field. broadly

   "Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman."

Synonyms

All synonyms

brothercatechumenchurchmancommunicantsecularsister

Example

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"Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman."

Etymology

From lay + -woman.

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