Laywoman

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woman who is not a cleric.
  • n. A woman who is a nonprofessional: "[a program] to educate laywomen in the ways of political campaigns” ( New York).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
  • n. by analogy, a woman who is not a professional in a given field
  • Word Usage
    "It’s really interesting — it presents the latest biology research papers in terms a laywoman can understand I’m no scientist, and I can follow it."