laywoman

noun

  1. 1

    A woman who is a layperson, one who has not taken a religious oath (such as becoming a nun).

  2. 2

    By analogy, a woman who is not a professional in a given field

    Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a laywoman.

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