lay person

noun

1. a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
2. a person who is not a member of a given profession, as law or medicine.

plural noun

1. laymen and laywomen collectively.

noun plural lay persons, lay people, laypersons or laypeople

1. a person who is not a member of the clergy
2. a person who does not have specialized or professional knowledge of a subjecta lay person’s guide to conveyancing

n.1972, gender-neutral version of layman.