layperson

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David and Margaret meet in England in 1963, where David is a popular young priest and Margaret, though a layperson, is working at his side to teach theology to female seminarians.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

A layperson might mistake the job that swept her across the ocean as “bodyguard.”

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2024

Where babies are harmed because of clinical negligence, the projected payouts can appear very sizable to the layperson.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

“It makes the layperson look back and say, what’s going on? In one year, did they get that much better or is it harder to defend or are they not playing defense?”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024

Prepared by the Presidents Advisory Committee on Science in March 1958 as a primer on spaceflight, the brochure laid out the scientific principles of travel beyond the Earth’s atmosphere in terms a layperson could understand.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly