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Layperson

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is not a cleric.

    "Holonym: laity"

  2. 2
    someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person wordnet
  3. 3
    One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.

    "The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it."

Etymology

A lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) + person, along the lines of layman.

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