laywoman

noun

Etymology

From lay + -woman.

  1. derived from lǫgr
  2. derived from lacus
  3. derived from lai
  4. derived from *lókus
  5. inherited from *laguz
  6. inherited from *lagu
  7. inherited from lagu
  8. inherited from laie
  9. formed as laywoman — “lay + -woman

Definitions

  1. A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a…

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

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

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for laywoman. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA