lay person
Britishnoun
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a person who is not a member of the clergy
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a person who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a subject
a lay person's guide to conveyancing
Example Sentences
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However, on Thursday, a judge at California Central District Court said there had been no evidence of any cases "precluding defamation claims for the portrayal of real persons in otherwise fictional works".
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2022
Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely intentional.
From Slate • May 18, 2012
Mr. Clooney and his team have avoided identifying the flawed operatives in “The Ides of March” with any real persons, living or dead.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2011
The poor will still depend on real persons to tend to their spiritual needs.
From Time Magazine Archive
His ideal characters are real persons; they are present to our senses; we feel their flesh, see the quivering of their limbs, hear their lamentations, and feel a thrill of joy at their felicity.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
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