layperson

[ ley-pur-suh n ]

/ ˈleɪˌpɜr sən /

a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.

a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.

Origin of layperson

First recorded in 1970–75; lay(man) + -person

See -person.

layman, layoff, layout, layover, laypeople, layperson, laysan, layshaft, laytime, layton, laywoman

laypeople

[ ley-pee-puh l ]

/ ˈleɪˌpi pəl /

laymen and laywomen collectively.

My talent is being able to synthesize this information to become understandable to myself and then therefore to the layperson.

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While Nest says its products can easily be installed by laypeople, this layperson was easily stymied.

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That phrase you just used—“the joy of science”—for the layperson, that may be a contradiction in terms.

Stuart Firestein, Author of ‘Ignorance,’ Says Not Knowing Is the Key to Science |Casey Schwartz |April 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST