(also layperson)
1 a person who does not have expert knowledge of a particular subject:
a book written for professionals and laymen alike * to explain sth in layman's terms (= in simple language)
2 a person who is a member of a Church but is not a priest or member of the CLERGY
seealsoLAYWOMAN
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for layman is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does layman appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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