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lay person

lay person is the alternative form of layperson.

Meaning of layperson

Noun

layperson (plural laypeople or laypersons)

  1. A person who is not a cleric.
    • Holonyms: laity; see also Thesaurus:laity
  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 of lay person

plurallay persons
plurallay people

Questions about lay person

What is lay person the alternative form of?
Lay person is the alternative form of layperson.

Words near lay person in the dictionary

  1. lay one's tongue to
  2. lay open
  3. lay out
  4. lay over
  5. lay people
  6. lay person
  7. lay persons
  8. lay pipe
  9. lay preacher
  10. lay preachers
  11. lay reader

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lay person (page history and authors); layperson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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