as in amateur
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession the discussion about investing was geared more to the layman than to the professional investor

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Recent Examples of layman Two decades later, his book The Art of Prehistoric Man was that rare anomaly: praised by his fellow archaeologists and read by laymen. Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025 The duel did not happen because a Parisian layman’s jury ruled that Drayton couldn’t legally say he was impugned by Mr. Borrowe, so Drayton instead fled Europe by buying passage on the steamship Majestic at Liverpool. Alexis Nedd, IndieWire, 2 July 2025 This morning permit me a personal memory as a Catholic layman and a father. Nbc News, NBC news, 11 May 2025 But what the layman might not be aware of is Criss’ digital start via the now-famous YouTube musical theater group Team Starkid. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for layman
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Noun
  • Nolthenius hopes that more astronomers – professionals and amateurs – will turn their eyes to the skies to observe Quaoar's occultations.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • On the surface, almost every ability in the game is designed for amateurs to pick up with little experience.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • His uncle Leo, a naval engineer, noticed that his nephew was a budding tinkerer and gave him a Kodak photo-chemistry set for his sixth birthday.
    Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
  • At $3,499, it is clearly not priced for small-scale tinkerers.
    Dave Altavilla, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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“Layman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layman. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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