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layman
noun (laymen)
  1. lay person, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy
  2. by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field
Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a .
  1. a common person
  2. a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject
    • 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 221d.
    • : should he be held to be just a , or does he have some art?
      1. a generally ignorant person
      2. lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order
Translations: 
  • Dutch: leek
  • French: laí¯c
  • German: Laie
    (trans-mid)
  • Italian: profano
  • Spanish: profano
    (trans-bottom)
Etymology: From lay, ultimately from Greek (people), + man.

     
 
  

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