Dictionary

layperson en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈleɪ.pɜɹ.sən/ (General-American)

Etymology

A lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) + person, along the lines of layman.

Meanings

1. A person who is not a cleric.
   • Holonyms: laity; see also Thesaurus:laity
   • We should not underestimate European laypeople. They were perfectly capable of thinking for themselves, particularly about death, a religious theme in which everyone had an investment and about which everyone was likely to have an opinion. There is no need to invoke the idea of systematic pagan survival to account for this: Europe’s mass Christianization had been a steady if piecemeal process from the sixth century through to the fourteenth. 2003, Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Reformation: A History, Penguin, →ISBN, page 16:
2. One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.
   • The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it.

Forms

Antonyms

aficionado · nonparishioner · specialist · professional · expert · cleric

Holonyms

laity

Hypernyms

person

Hyponyms

laywoman · layman

Relateds

lay · amateur

Synonyms

laic · nonexpert · parishioner · nonspecialist · layperson

Translations (56)

tr uzmanı olmayan biri (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · fi maallikko (one who is not a cleric) · el αμύητος (one who is not a cleric) · cs laik (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · pt laico (one who is not a cleric) · ru миря́нка (one who is not a cleric) · ka დილეტანტი (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · fi maallikko (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · cs neodborník (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · ru дилета́нт (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · cmn 外行 (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · txb upāsakāñca (one who is not a cleric) · es laico (one who is not a cleric) · it profana (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · th คฤหัสถ์ (one who is not a cleric) · de Laiin (one who is not a cleric) · pt leigo (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · ko 평신도 (one who is not a cleric) · pl laik (one who is not a cleric) · ru люби́тель (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · ja 素人 (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · ru люби́тельница (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · sv lekman (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · pt leigo (one who is not a cleric) · fr laïque (one who is not a cleric) · pl laik (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · ru миря́нин (one who is not a cleric) · sk laik (one who is not a cleric) · de Laie (one who is not a cleric) · ru профа́н (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · it profano (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · tr uzman dışı kimse (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · txb upāsake (one who is not a cleric) · de Laie (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · sk neodborník (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · ru дилета́нтка (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · sk laik (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · sw mlei (one who is not a cleric) · ga tuata (one who is not a cleric) · la-ecc lāicus (one who is not a cleric) · tr uzmanı olmayan kimse (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · ga tuata (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · ja 俗人 (one who is not a cleric) · tr uzman dışı biri (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · cs laik (one who is not a cleric) · fr profane (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · th ฆราวาส (one who is not a cleric) · pl osoba świecka (one who is not a cleric) · it laico (one who is not a cleric) · fi amatööri (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · es lego (one who is not a cleric) · it laica (one who is not a cleric) · de Laiin (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) · grc λᾱϊκός (one who is not a cleric) · fr laïc (one who is not a cleric) · cmn 俗家 (one who is not a cleric)