lay·peo·ple

[ley-pee-puhl]
plural noun
laymen and laywomen collectively.
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lay·per·son

[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.

Origin:
1970–75; lay(man) + -person


See -person.
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Laypeople is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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lay person or layperson
 
n , pl lay persons, lay people, laypersons, laypeople
1.  a person who is not a member of the clergy
2.  a person who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a subject: a lay person's guide to conveyancing
 
layperson or layperson
 
n

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Word Origin & History

layperson
1972, gender-neutral version of layman.
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Example sentences
It makes it so much easier for laypeople to remember and to discuss with them.
The content is easy to understand for experts and laypeople alike.
If laypeople don't appreciate it, that's partly because unsolved problems still
  loom large.
The media does not make maintaining an open mind easy for laypeople, certainly.
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