layman

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lay=man

CIDE DICTIONARY

layman, n. [Lay, adj. + man.].

•  One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.  [1913 Webster]

  "Being a layman, I ought not to have concerned myself with speculations which belong to the profession."  [1913 Webster]
•  A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above).  Dryden  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

layman, n. (pl. -men; fem. laywoman, pl. -women)
1 any non-ordained member of a Church.
2 a person without professional or specialized knowledge in a particular subject.

ROGET THESAURUS

layman

Laity

N laity, flock, fold, congregation, assembly, brethren, people, society, temporality, secularization, layman, civilian, parishioner, catechumen, secularist, secular, lay, laical, civil, temporal, profane.