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layman
n. one who is not a member of the clergy; member of the laity; one who does not belong to a particular profession


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Layman
This article is about non-experts. For non-clergy, see Laity. The term layman or layperson originated from the use of the term laity, but over the centuries, changed definition to mean a person who is a non-expert in a given field of knowledge.The concept of describing something in layman’s terms has come into wide use in the English speaking world. To put something in layman’s terms is to describe a complex or technical issue using words and terms that the average individual (someone without professional training in the subject area) can understand, so that they may comprehend the issue to some degree.
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layman
Noun
1. someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
(synonym) layperson
(antonym) clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
(hypernym) commoner, common man, common person
(hyponym) lay reader
(member-holonym) laity, temporalty


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Layman
(n.)
One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.
  
 
(n.)
A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above).
  

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layman
n.
گرہست, دنيادار, غيرماہر, اناڑي, اتائي

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