Definition of "layman" []

• A man who is not a cleric. (noun)
• A man who is a nonprofessional: His is just the layman's view of medicine. See Usage Note at man. (noun)

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• "Probably took hand in more constitutional questions than anybody in history, and you'll find his decisions always had what I call layman's language in part of them, so they'd understand it."
• "Now, Gentlemen, if our layman is a stockholder, he may figure something like this"
• "In debate this is called "dropping the argument"; in layman's terms, it means that if you don't address it, you have conceded that your opponent is correct."