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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-770/
- Published: 2022-03-09T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-15T18:45:41.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

The word for today is…  
  
layman (noun):  
1 : a person who is not a member of the clergy  
2 : a person who does not belong to a particular profession or who is not expert in some field

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/layman?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Layman is a closed compound of lay man. Lay is an adjective that means “of or relating to the people of a religious faith (but not of its clergy).” The origins of lay and layman go back to Greek laikos, meaning “of the people.” Layman was originally used to distinguish between non-clerical people and the clergy before being used to distinguish non-professionals from professionals in a field (such as law or medicine).

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