layman

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lay⋅man

[ley-muh

–noun, plural -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.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME; see lay ³ , man ¹

Usage note:
See -man.

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lay·man (lā'mən)

A man who is not a cleric.
A man who is a nonprofessional: His is just the layman's view of medicine. See Usage Note at man.

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