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layman definition

lay·man (lā′mən)

noun pl. laymen -·men (-mən)

  1. a member of the laity; person not a member of the clergy
  2. a person not belonging to or skilled in a given profession a medical textbook not for the layman

Etymology: lay + man

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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