layman

Meaning of layman

noun
  1. Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
  2. (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
    Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman.
  3. A common person.
  4. A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
  5. A generally ignorant person.
  6. Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.

Information about layman

  • It is a name.
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Hyphenation of layman

lay-man

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • layman is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

layman synonyms

Meaning layperson:

layperson, secular

layman antonyms

Meaning :

expert, professional, specialist

Translation of layman

Anagrams of layman

amylan, lamany

Words that rhyme with layman

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