Look up: layman

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   layman
   [n] - someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
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   layman
   one of the laity as distinguished from the clergy. Category: Language and literature • a person not a member of a given professional group, as distinguished from a member of the group. Category: Language and literature
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Layman
   Lay'man noun ; plural Laymen [ Lay , adj. + man .] 1. One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do. « Being a layman , I ought not to have concerned myself with speculations which belong to the profession.&#x ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/22
   
   
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   layman
   layperson noun someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
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   Layman
   The term `layman` originated from the use of the term laity, but over the centuries, changed definition to mean `a person who is a non-expert in a given field of knowledge`. The concept of describing something in layman`s terms has come into wide use in the English speaking world. To put something in layman`s terms is to describe a complex or technical issue using words and terms that the average individual (someone without professional training...
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   Layman
   • (n.) A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above). • (n.) One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning