Meaning

2 senses
  1. A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).

    a woman who is not a clergyman or a professional person

  2. (broadly)A woman who is not a professional in a given field.

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

Forms

plural: laywomen
Singularlaywoman
Plurallaywomen

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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