laywoman

Plural: laywomen

Noun

• A female member of the laity; a non-professional woman.
• A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).
• A woman who is not a professional in a given field.

Examples

• As a LAYWOMAN in linguistics, she still managed to outscore the expert in Scrabble.
• Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.