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layman
English
Etymology
From Middle English lay +? man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?le?m?n/
- Rhymes: -e?m?n
Noun
layman (plural laymen)
- Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
- (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
- A common person.
- A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 221d.
- should he be held to be just a layman, or does he have some art?
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 221d.
- A generally ignorant person.
- Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.
Antonyms
- cleric
- priest
- monk
- friar
- expert
- specialist
- professional
Derived terms
- in layman's terms
Related terms
- laity
Translations
Anagrams
- yalman
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lawman
English
Etymology
From Middle English laweman, la?aman (as a man's name, La?amon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, from Old Norse l?gmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law +? -man.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA(key): /?l??mæn/, /?l??m?n/
- (US) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA(key): /?l?mæn/, /?l?m?n/
- Rhymes: -??m?n
Noun
lawman (plural lawmen)
- (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
- (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
- (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
- (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
- (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.
Synonyms
- (speaker of the law): lawspeaker
- (medieval Dano-English magistrates): lageman, lagman
- (Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice): lawman-general, lagman
- (law-enforcement officer): See Thesaurus:police officer
Translations
References
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Noun
lawman
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