layman
Use Layman in a sentence
mən noun, plural lay·men.
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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| —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 |
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Layman
is always a great word to know.
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Example sentences
In general, both books succeed in being as engaging to the layman as to the practising or studying doctor.
So a layman has to be careful in finding out truth without falling prey to these traders.
For example, here's an introduction to statistics for the layman.
Especially legal text where words have a different meaning than everyday layman use.
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