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layperson|ˈleɪpɜːs(ə)n|
[f. layman1, after chairperson, etc. (see person n. 2 f).]
A member of the laity; a layman or laywoman.
One of numerous manufactured words formed to avoid alleged sexual discrimination in terminology.
1972E. J. Goodman Tenant Survival Bk. ix. 121 Despite the prohibition against lay persons arguing at the bar, some small claims courts..are now permitting community advocates. 1975Publishers Weekly 29 Dec. 63/2 He addresses himself to the layperson who has been, in his view, taken in by wrong-headed mystery-mongers. 1980L. Botstein in Michaels & Ricks State of Lang. 353 The twentieth century has obliterated the skilled amateur and widened the gap between the technical professional and the layperson. 1986Church Times 23 May 5/3 This [URC] Assembly was..presided over by its first layman as Moderator (not the first layperson; Mrs. Rosalind Goodfellow was that). |