layman

lay·man  (lmn)

n.

1. A man who is not a cleric.

2. A man who is a nonprofessional: His is just the layman's view of medicine. See Usage Note at man.

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layman or fem laywoman

Noun

pl -men or -women

1. a person who is not a member of the clergy

2. a person who does not have specialized knowledge of a subject: the layman's guide to nuclear power

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

layman - someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person layperson, secular laity, temporalty - in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title lay reader - a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

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layman

noun nonprofessional, amateur, outsider, lay person, non-expert, nonspecialist

Translations

layman [ˈleɪmən] n → lego

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layman [ˈleɪmən] irreg n (Rel) → laïque m (= non-expert); profane m

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layman [ˈleɪmən] irreg like man) n → Laie m

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layman [ˈleɪmən] n → laico; profano