laywoman

noun, plural lay·wom·en.

1. a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
2. a woman who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.

noun plural -women

1. a woman who is not a member of the clergy
2. a woman who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a subjecta guide for the laywoman

n.1520s, from lay (adj.) + woman; probably modeled on layman.