layman

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noun

Plural noun:

laymen

1.
Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
2.
(broadly)(by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.
Let me explain it to you [[in layman's terms|in layman's terms]].
3.
A common person.
4.
A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
5.
Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.

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professional expert specialist

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From Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay + man. Cognate with lēkmann, lēkmonn (layman), obsolete leekeman, leihman, lægmand, lekman, lekmann, leikmaður.