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layman

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lay⋅man

  [ley-muhn]
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–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)   
n.  

  1. A man who is not a cleric.

  2. A man who is a nonprofessional: His is just the layman's view of medicine. See Usage Note at man.

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