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layman

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈleɪmən/Part of speech nounSorted aalmnyStarts with LEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A person without specialist or professional knowledge in a field.

Word origin

From Middle English layman, lay man, equivalent to lay (“non-clergy”) + man. Cognate with Old Frisian lēkmann, lēkmonn (“layman”), obsolete Dutch leekeman (“layman”), Old High German leihman (“layman”), Danish lægmand (“layman”), Swedish lekman (“layman”), Norwegian lekmann (“layman”), Icelandic leikmaður (“layman”).

Used in a sentence

  • Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.
  • Let me explain it to you [[in layman's terms|in layman's terms]].
  • should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?

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