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Noun: layman (laymen)  ley-mun
  1. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
    "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?";
    - layperson, secular, laywoman

Derived forms: laymen

Type of: common man, common person, commoner

Antonym: reverend

Part of: laity, temporalty

Encyclopedia: Layman, John

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