laywoman

[ ley-woo m-uh n ]
/ ˈleɪˌwʊm ən /
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noun, plural lay·wom·en.

a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
a woman who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.

Origin of laywoman

First recorded in 1520–30; lay3 + woman

usage note for laywoman

See -woman.

Words nearby laywoman

layperson, laysan, layshaft, laytime, layton, laywoman, lazar, lazaretto, lazarist, lazarus, laze

Words related to laywoman

amateur, dabbler, dilettante, laic, laity, layman, tyro

Example sentences from the Web for laywoman

  • It was reasonable to suppose that a laywoman would not succeed where physicians had failed.

    The Sex Side of Life |Mary Dennett

  • But when you speak of man acting as a unit he is a layman, but you never say a laywoman.

    Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. |Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

British Dictionary definitions for laywoman

laywoman
/ (ˈleɪwʊmən) /

noun plural -women

a woman who is not a member of the clergy
a woman who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a subject a guide for the laywoman