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layperson

[ ley-pur-suhn ]

noun

  1. a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
  2. a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.


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Gender Note

See -person.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of layperson1

First recorded in 1970–75; lay(man) + -person

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Example Sentences

In addition, the average layperson in this time period was well versed in theology.

My talent is being able to synthesize this information to become understandable to myself and then therefore to the layperson.

While Nest says its products can easily be installed by laypeople, this layperson was easily stymied.

That phrase you just used—“the joy of science”—for the layperson, that may be a contradiction in terms.

Suzy Welch writes, “This is the book for a savvy layperson interested in exploring business today.”

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