Layman

Much legal language is obscure to a layman.

Here is another quote from Luis Fernando Verissimo: "Never be afraid of trying something new. Remember that a single layman constructed the ark, and a large group of professionals built the Titanic."

Many a layman confuse vane with vain.

Mersenne Prime numbers are special in a way that no layman could ever explain.

Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.

Let me explain it to you [[in layman's terms|in layman's terms]].

The layman, perhaps, is not fully aware to what extent even the popular reputations of scientists and scholars are made by that class and are inevitably affected by its views on subjects which have little to do with the merits of the real achievements.

should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?