layman
Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergyLayperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
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Meaning
5 sensesLayperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
Laie, Laiin
миря́нинmirjánin
миря́нинmyrjányn
(broadly)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.
Laie
люби́тельljubítelʹ, дилета́нтdiletánt, неспециали́стnespecialíst
a man who is not a clergyman or a professional person
A common person.
A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.
Examples
10 sentencesExperts notice things laymen do not.
Many a layman confuse vane with vain.
Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
His theory is not amenable to simplification for laymen.
Lawyers like to use professional jargon that's difficult for laymen to understand.
ruЮристы любят использовать профессиональную лексику, которую тяжело понять обычному человеку.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay (“non-clergy”) + man. Cognate withFrom Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay (“non-clergy”) + man. Cognate with Old Frisian lēkmann, lēkmonn (“layman”), obsolete Dutch leekeman (“layman”), Old High German leihman (“layman”), Danish lægmand (“layman”), Swedish lekman (“layman”), Norwegian lekmann (“layman”), Icelandic leikmaður (“layman”).
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Forms
plural: laymenAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular