laywoman

[ ley-woo m-uh n ]

/ ˈleɪˌwʊm ən /

a woman who is not a member of the clergy.

a woman who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.

Origin of laywoman

First recorded in 1520–30; lay³ + woman

See -woman.

layperson, laysan, layshaft, laytime, layton, laywoman, lazar, lazaretto, lazarist, lazarus, laze

It is sheer trifling for sensible males to talk about a distinction between laymen and laywomen.

Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. |Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
If there had been, there would have been a term for laywomen and for clergywomen.

Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. |Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

laywoman

/ (ˈleɪwʊmən) /

a woman who is not a member of the clergy

a woman who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a subject a guide for the laywoman