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laypeople

laypeople is the plural 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.

Questions about laypeople

What is laypeople the plural of?
Laypeople is the plural of layperson.

Words near laypeople in the dictionary

  1. layouted
  2. layouting
  3. layouts
  4. layover
  5. layovers
  6. laypeople
  7. layperson
  8. laypersons
  9. lays
  10. lays a finger on
  11. lays a foundation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laypeople (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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