Definitions for layperson

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layperson lay·per·son

Spelling: [ley-pur-suh n]

IPA: /ˈleɪˌpɜr sən/

Layperson is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 764 anagrams from letters in layperson (aelnoprsy).

Definitions for layperson

noun

1. a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
2. a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.

plural noun

1. laymen and laywomen collectively.

Origin of layperson

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

Examples for layperson

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

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

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