layman
noun
a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
laymen
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pluralof layman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Enormous companies use it to work faster, and their engineers know enough about code to use it more powerfully than laymen.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2026
Priests as well as laymen view their religion as a liturgy celebrating Russia’s glorious history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
While the term is used by laymen as a catch-all for electronic music, techno has a distinctive sound defined by a “four on the floor” uniform, rhythmic beat pattern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
“It’d be something that’d be a little more formalized,” Ortiz said when asked whether he could envision a future where more laymen were granted passage into the college football tape repository.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2022
Gopal had taught me that magicians never reveal the secrets of their trade to laymen.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
