Layman

Etymology
From

Noun

 * 1) layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy
 * 2) by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field
 * Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.
 * Let me explain it to you in layman's terms.
 * 1) a common person
 * 2) a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject
 * 3) * 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 221d.
 * should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?
 * 1) a generally ignorant person
 * 2) lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order

Antonyms

 * expert
 * specialist
 * professional

Derived terms

 * in layman's terms

Related terms

 * laity

Translations

 * Afrikaans: leek
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: laiko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: λαϊκός
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic: leikmaður
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: svetovnjak
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: lekman


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: laiko
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: ερασιτέχνης
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: laikus
 * Icelandic: leikmaður


 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: любитель, дилетант,  неспециалист
 * Slovak: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: lekman

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