Associations to the word «Layman»

Wiktionary

LAYMAN, noun. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy
LAYMAN, noun. By analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field
LAYMAN, noun. A common person
LAYMAN, noun. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject
LAYMAN, noun. A generally ignorant person
LAYMAN, noun. Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order

Dictionary definition

LAYMAN, noun. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats