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For pronunciation and definitions of しろうと – see the following entry.
素人
[noun] amateur, novice
[noun] respectable woman (one who is not a prostitute, geisha, or hostess)
[noun] (archaic, dialectal, Kyoto) unlicensed prostitute
Alternative spellings
しろと, しらびと
(This term, しろうと (shirōto), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)