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Layman

/lˈeɪmən/
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(noun) Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.

That's a layman's idea.
Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
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To a ____ like me, the complex scientific equations on the board seemed like another language entirely today.

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