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Word: layman (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • a common person
  • a generally ignorant person
  • a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject
  • by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field
  • layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy
  • lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order

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