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
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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