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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.

layman [ˈleɪmən]
n pl -men
1. a man who is not a member of the clergy
2. a person who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a subject science for the layman
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.layman - someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
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

layman
noun nonprofessional, amateur, outsider, lay person, non-expert, nonspecialist There are basically two types, called, in layman's terms, blue and white asbestos.
Translations
layman [ˈleɪmən] N (laymen (pl))
1. (Rel) → seglar mf, lego/a m/f
2. (fig) → profano(a) m/f, lego(a) m/f
in layman's termspara entendernos, para los profanos en la materia

layman [ˈleɪmən] n
(= non-expert) → profane m
in layman's terms → en langage de tous les jours, en termes profanes
(= non-ordained church member) → laïque m

layman [ˈleɪmən] n (-men (pl)) (Rel) → laico (fig) (non-professional) → profano
layman [ˈleɪmən] n (-men (pl)) (Rel) → laico (fig) (non-professional) → profano

layman lay


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And as More was a layman the honor was for him greater than usual.
A layman who pried into the professional conduct of medical men, and was always obtruding his reforms,-- though he was less directly embarrassing to the two physicians than to the surgeon-apothecaries who attended paupers by contract, was nevertheless offensive to the professional nostril as such; and Dr.
But it was quite a natural suggestion for a layman to make.
 
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