laywoman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. broadly
    — Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.

词形变化

laywomen plural

词源

Etymology tree
English lay
Proto-Germanic *wībą
Proto-West Germanic *wīb
Old English wīf
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Old English wīfmann
Middle English woman
Middle English -woman
English -woman
English laywoman
From lay + -woman.
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