Usually means: Non-expert in a specific field.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word layperson:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. layperson: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. layperson: Merriam-Webster
  3. layperson: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. layperson: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. layperson: Collins English Dictionary
  6. layperson: Vocabulary.com
  7. Layperson, layperson: Wordnik
  8. layperson: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. layperson: Wiktionary
  10. layperson: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. layperson: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. layperson: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. layperson: Dictionary.com
  14. Layperson: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. layperson: Rhymezone
  16. layperson: FreeDictionary.org
  17. layperson: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. layperson: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. layperson: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. layperson: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. layperson: Medical dictionary

(Note: See laypersons as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A person who is not a cleric.
noun:  One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.

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