"layman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈleɪmən/ Audio: en-us-layman.ogg Forms: laymen [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪmən Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|layman}} Middle English layman, {{com|en|lay|man|t1=non-clergy}} lay (“non-clergy”) + man, {{cog|ofs|lēkmann}} Old Frisian lēkmann, {{cog|nl|leekeman|t=layman}} Dutch leekeman (“layman”), {{cog|goh|leihman|t=layman}} Old High German leihman (“layman”), {{cog|da|lægmand|t=layman}} Danish lægmand (“layman”), {{cog|sv|lekman|t=layman}} Swedish lekman (“layman”), {{cog|no|lekmann|t=layman}} Norwegian lekmann (“layman”), {{cog|is|leikmaður|t=layman}} Icelandic leikmaður (“layman”) Head templates: {{en-noun|laymen}} layman (plural laymen)
  1. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. Categories (topical): People Translations (someone who is not an ordained cleric): leek (Afrikaans), мирянин (mirjanin) (Bulgarian), 俗家 (sújiā) (Chinese Mandarin), 平信徒 (píngxìntú) [Christianity] (Chinese Mandarin), laik [masculine] (Czech), lægmand [common-gender] (Danish), lægfolk [plural] (Danish), leek [masculine] (Dutch), laiko (Esperanto), maallikko (Finnish), laïc [masculine] (French), Laie [masculine] (German), λαϊκός (laïkós) [masculine] (Greek), laikus (Hungarian), leikmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), tuata [masculine] (Irish), neamheaglaiseach [masculine] (Irish), laico (Italian), profano [masculine] (Italian), 俗人 (zokujin) (alt: ぞくじん) (Japanese), 平信徒 (hirashinto) (alt: ひらしんと) [Christianity] (Japanese), ми́рјанин (mírjanin) [masculine] (Macedonian), theayagh [masculine] (Manx), reimana (Maori), lay man (Middle English), lewed man (Middle English), lekmann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lekmann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lǣwed [masculine] (Old English), laik [masculine] (Polish), laico (Portuguese), leigo (Portuguese), làic [masculine] (Romagnol), lêic [masculine] (Romagnol), миря́нин (mirjánin) [masculine] (Russian), световњак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ла̀ик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svetovnjak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), làik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), laik [masculine] (Slovak), laička [feminine] (Slovak), laico [masculine] (Spanish), lego [masculine] (Spanish), lekman [common-gender] (Swedish), མི་སྐུ (mi sku) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-layman-en-noun-cRmSTQdK Disambiguation of People: 41 22 0 22 15 Disambiguation of 'someone who is not an ordained cleric': 44 29 4 12 10
  2. (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field. Tags: broadly Translations (someone who is not a professional in a given field): любител (ljubitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), лаик (laik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), laik [masculine] (Czech), amatér [masculine] (Czech), lægmand [common-gender] (Danish), lægfolk [plural] (Danish), leek [masculine] (Dutch), laiko (Esperanto), maallikko (Finnish), profane [feminine, masculine] (French), Laie [masculine] (German), ερασιτέχνης (erasitéchnis) [masculine] (Greek), ερασιτέχνις (erasitéchnis) [feminine] (Greek), הדיוט (hedyot) [masculine] (Hebrew), laikus (Hungarian), leikmaður [masculine] (Icelandic), awam (Indonesian), duine gan foghlaim [masculine] (Irish), gnáthdhuine [masculine] (Irish), tuata [masculine] (Irish), profano [masculine] (Italian), љу́бител (ljúbitel) [masculine] (Macedonian), ла́ик (láik) [masculine] (Macedonian), дилета́нт (diletánt) [masculine] (Macedonian), theayagh [masculine] (Manx), lewed man (Middle English), lekmann [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lekmann [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), laik [masculine] (Polish), profano [masculine] (Portuguese), leigo [masculine] (Portuguese), люби́тель (ljubítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), дилета́нт (diletánt) [masculine] (Russian), неспециали́ст (nespecialíst) [masculine] (Russian), профа́н (profán) [masculine] (Russian), ла̀ик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), làik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), laik [masculine] (Slovak), laička [feminine] (Slovak), amatér [masculine] (Slovak), profano [masculine] (Spanish), lego [masculine] (Spanish), aficionado [masculine] (Spanish), lekman [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-layman-en-noun-ZAonb0TX Disambiguation of 'someone who is not a professional in a given field': 13 75 2 6 5
  3. A common person.
    Sense id: en-layman-en-noun-Ld3XK5SO
  4. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
    Sense id: en-layman-en-noun-elPqLovf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romagnol translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tibetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 11 8 52 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -man: 13 18 4 52 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 12 3 69 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 9 3 66 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 2 75 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 14 9 17 41 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 14 3 56 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 9 17 42 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 11 9 2 70 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 13 3 66 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 7 8 3 70 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 14 3 56 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 12 2 69 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 12 3 68 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 12 3 66 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 13 12 3 59 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 9 17 42 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 16 14 2 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 14 9 18 42 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 16 13 2 53 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 9 3 74 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 9 3 74 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 14 9 18 42 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 12 3 64 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 16 14 2 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 16 14 2 54 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 11 15 3 60 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 18 15 3 52 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 7 5 1 80 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 19 9 2 52 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 16 2 53 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 9 17 42 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Romagnol translations: 7 8 3 70 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 9 3 74 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 13 9 18 42 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 14 9 18 42 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 8 2 79 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 13 2 56 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 17 14 3 56 11
  5. Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.
    Sense id: en-layman-en-noun-wQGBVY~c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in layman's terms Related terms: laity

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cleric"
    },
    {
      "word": "priest"
    },
    {
      "word": "monk"
    },
    {
      "word": "friar"
    },
    {
      "word": "expert"
    },
    {
      "word": "specialist"
    },
    {
      "word": "professional"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in layman's terms"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English layman",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "lay",
        "3": "man",
        "t1": "non-clergy"
      },
      "expansion": "lay (“non-clergy”) + man",
      "name": "com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "lēkmann"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian lēkmann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "leekeman",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch leekeman (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "leihman",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leihman (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "lægmand",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish lægmand (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "lekman",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish lekman (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "lekmann",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian lekmann (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "leikmaður",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic leikmaður (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laymen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "layman (plural laymen)",
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "laity"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 22 0 22 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "en:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy."
      ],
      "id": "en-layman-en-noun-cRmSTQdK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Layperson",
          "layperson"
        ],
        [
          "cleric",
          "cleric"
        ],
        [
          "clergy",
          "clergy"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "leek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mirjanin",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "мирянин"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sújiā",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "俗家"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "píngxìntú",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "topics": [
            "Christianity"
          ],
          "word": "平信徒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lægmand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "lægfolk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "leek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "laiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "maallikko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laïc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Laie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "laïkós",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "λαϊκός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "laikus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "leikmaður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tuata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "neamheaglaiseach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "laico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "profano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "alt": "ぞくじん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zokujin",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "俗人"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "alt": "ひらしんと",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hirashinto",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "topics": [
            "Christianity"
          ],
          "word": "平信徒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mírjanin",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ми́рјанин"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "theayagh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "reimana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "lay man"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "lewed man"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lekmann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lekmann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lǣwed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "laico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "leigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "làic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "rgn",
          "lang": "Romagnol",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lêic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mirjánin",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "миря́нин"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "световњак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ла̀ик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svetovnjak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "làik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "laička"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lego"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lekman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "44 29 4 12 10",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "mi sku",
          "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
          "word": "མི་སྐུ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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      "expansion": "Dutch leekeman (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "leihman",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leihman (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "lægmand",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish lægmand (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "lekman",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish lekman (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "lekmann",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian lekmann (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "leikmaður",
        "t": "layman"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic leikmaður (“layman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laymen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laymen"
      },
      "expansion": "layman (plural laymen)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "laity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Layperson",
          "layperson"
        ],
        [
          "cleric",
          "cleric"
        ],
        [
          "clergy",
          "clergy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Let me explain it to you [[in layman's terms|in layman's terms]].",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who is not a professional in a given field."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A common person."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 221d:",
          "text": "should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈleɪmən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-layman.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/41/En-us-layman.ogg/En-us-layman.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/En-us-layman.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪmən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "leek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mirjanin",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "мирянин"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sújiā",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "俗家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngxìntú",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "word": "平信徒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lægmand"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lægfolk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "laiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "maallikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laïc"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "laïkós",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λαϊκός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "laikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leikmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neamheaglaiseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "profano"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぞくじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zokujin",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "俗人"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひらしんと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hirashinto",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "word": "平信徒"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mírjanin",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ми́рјанин"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "theayagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "reimana"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "lay man"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "lewed man"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lekmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lekmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lǣwed"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "leigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "làic"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lêic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mirjánin",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "миря́нин"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "световњак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла̀ик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svetovnjak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "làik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laička"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lego"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lekman"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mi sku",
      "sense": "someone who is not an ordained cleric",
      "word": "མི་སྐུ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljubitel",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "любител"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "laik",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лаик"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amatér"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lægmand"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lægfolk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "word": "laiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "word": "maallikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "profane"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erasitéchnis",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ερασιτέχνης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erasitéchnis",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ερασιτέχνις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hedyot",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הדיוט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "word": "laikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leikmaður"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "word": "awam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duine gan foghlaim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnáthdhuine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "profano"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ljúbitel",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "љу́бител"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "láik",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла́ик"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "diletánt",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дилета́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "theayagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "word": "lewed man"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lekmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lekmann"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "profano"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubítelʹ",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "люби́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diletánt",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дилета́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nespecialíst",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неспециали́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "profán",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "профа́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла̀ик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "làik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laička"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amatér"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "profano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lego"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aficionado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who is not a professional in a given field",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lekman"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "layman"
  ],
  "word": "layman"
}

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