Associations to the word «Layperson»

Wiktionary

LAYPERSON, noun. A person who is not a cleric
LAYPERSON, noun. One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky