"layperson" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: laypeople [plural], laypersons [plural], lay person [alternative]
Etymology: A lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) + person, along the lines of layman. Etymology templates: {{com|en|lay#Etymology 3|person|t1=non-clergy, nonclergy}} lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) + person Head templates: {{en-noun|laypeople|s}} layperson (plural laypeople or laypersons)
  1. A person who is not a cleric. Translations (one who is not a cleric): 俗家 (sújiā) (Chinese Mandarin), laik [masculine] (Czech), maallikko (Finnish), laïc [masculine] (French), laïque [feminine] (French), Laie [masculine] (German), Laiin [feminine] (German), αμύητος (amýitos) [masculine] (Greek), tuata [masculine] (Irish), laico [masculine] (Italian), laica [feminine] (Italian), 俗人 (zokujin) (alt: ぞくじん) (Japanese), leigo [masculine] (Portuguese), laico [masculine] (Portuguese), миря́нин (mirjánin) [masculine] (Russian), миря́нка (mirjánka) [feminine] (Russian), laik [masculine] (Slovak), lego [masculine] (Spanish), laico [masculine] (Spanish), mlei (Swahili), คฤหัสถ์ (ká-rʉ́-hàt) (Thai), ฆราวาส (ká-raa-wâat) (Thai), upāsake [masculine] (Tocharian B), upāsakāñca [feminine] (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-layperson-en-noun-5BTEU3id Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -person, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Thai translations, People Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -person: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'one who is not a cleric': 59 41
  2. One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity. Translations (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject): 外行 (wàiháng) (Chinese Mandarin), laik [masculine] (Czech), neodborník [masculine] (Czech), maallikko (Finnish), amatööri (Finnish), profane [feminine, masculine] (French), დილეტანტი (dileṭanṭi) (Georgian), Laie [masculine] (German), Laiin [feminine] (German), tuata [masculine] (Irish), profano [masculine] (Italian), profana [feminine] (Italian), 素人 (shirōto) (alt: しろうと) (Japanese), leigo [masculine] (Portuguese), дилета́нт (diletánt) [masculine] (Russian), дилета́нтка (diletántka) [feminine] (Russian), люби́тель (ljubítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), люби́тельница (ljubítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), профа́н (profán) [masculine] (Russian), laik [masculine] (Slovak), neodborník [masculine] (Slovak), lekman [common-gender] (Swedish), uzman dışı biri (Turkish), uzmanı olmayan biri (Turkish), uzman dışı kimse (Turkish), uzmanı olmayan kimse (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-layperson-en-noun-qkDP6eyc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Turkish translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nonexpert, nonspecialist Related terms: laity, lay, layman, laywoman, amateur

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "profán",
          "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "профа́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "neodborník"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lekman"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
          "word": "uzman dışı biri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
          "word": "uzmanı olmayan biri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
          "word": "uzman dışı kimse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "18 82",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
          "word": "uzmanı olmayan kimse"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nonexpert"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nonspecialist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "layperson"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "aficionado"
    },
    {
      "word": "expert"
    },
    {
      "word": "professional"
    },
    {
      "word": "specialist"
    }
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swahili translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Tocharian B translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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        "2": "lay#Etymology 3",
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        "t1": "non-clergy, nonclergy"
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      "name": "com"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "A lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) + person, along the lines of layman.",
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      "form": "laypeople",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laypersons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lay person",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "laity"
    },
    {
      "word": "lay"
    },
    {
      "word": "layman"
    },
    {
      "word": "laywoman"
    },
    {
      "word": "amateur"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is not a cleric."
      ],
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        [
          "cleric",
          "cleric"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              59,
              68
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intimately",
          "intimately"
        ],
        [
          "familiar",
          "familiar"
        ],
        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "nonexpert"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonspecialist"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sújiā",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "word": "俗家"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "word": "maallikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laïc"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laïque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Laiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amýitos",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αμύητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "laica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぞくじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zokujin",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "word": "俗人"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mirjánin",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "миря́нин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mirjánka",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "миря́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lego"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "word": "mlei"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ká-rʉ́-hàt",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "word": "คฤหัสถ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ká-raa-wâat",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "word": "ฆราวาส"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "upāsake"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "one who is not a cleric",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "upāsakāñca"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wàiháng",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "外行"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neodborník"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "maallikko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "amatööri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "profane"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dileṭanṭi",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "დილეტანტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Laiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "profano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profana"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しろうと",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shirōto",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "素人"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diletánt",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дилета́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diletántka",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дилета́нтка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubítelʹ",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "люби́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubítelʹnica",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "люби́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "profán",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "профа́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neodborník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lekman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "uzman dışı biri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "uzmanı olmayan biri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "uzman dışı kimse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject",
      "word": "uzmanı olmayan kimse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "layperson"
}

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