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单词 laywoman
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laywoman

[ ley-woom-uhn ]
/ 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

Layton, lay to rest, lay-up, lay vicar, lay waste, laywoman, lazar, lazaretto, Lazarist, Lazarus, laze
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Example sentences from the Web for laywoman

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

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  • 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 subjecta guide for the laywoman
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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