layman

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His voice throughout is that of a well-informed, open-minded layman who, almost by the way, is a natural storyteller.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The need for O'Neill to explain the concessions in such layman terms speaks volumes.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

If all this seems amazing to a layman, it is equally implausible to people in the sport because no one ever did it before.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2024

To the layman, a self-propelled howitzer looks like a tank, but it has a bigger, 155mm gun to fire at longer range.

From Salon • May 19, 2024

But the experts do not post exact rules, and the layman is apt to fall back upon his final line of defense: “Well, I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like.”

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson