layman
a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.
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How to use layman in a sentence
To be sure, some problems will require a qualified computer scientist, but citizen-developer toolkits enable laymen to manage simpler solutions on their own.
Achieving flexibility with no- and low-code applications | Chuan | July 7, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewAs it stands, there is a mismatch between the rules scientists write by compared with those that laymen read by.
How to Make Sense of Contradictory Science Papers - Issue 100: Outsiders | Haixin Dang & Liam Kofi Bright | June 2, 2021 | NautilusEven a layman can see the unconnected letters and the strange angles of the note.
Art layman: Could it be that Adelson is really a closet Dem?
Reading such a thing might convince the layman that getting hammered is healthy for the heart.
Nuclear jargon has evolved into a code that is indecipherable to the layman.
I was once present at a dispute between a layman and a clergyman, upon the subject of dreams.
Lawyers always underestimate the legal knowledge of an intelligent layman.
Of the writers who deal with music from the point of view of the cultivated layman, Aristotle is undoubtedly the most instructive.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroThey agreed in language too technical for a layman to understand that the cause of Doris' blindness was gradually disappearing.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairThe difference between maximum and minimum flow of most of our streams when stated in figures is startling to the layman.
British Dictionary definitions for layman
/ (ˈleɪmən) /
a man who is not a member of the clergy
a person who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a subject: science for the layman
- Gender-neutral form: layperson
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