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Bayman vs Layman - What's the difference?

bayman | layman |

As nouns the difference between bayman and layman

is that bayman is one of the earliest european settlers of the eventual colony of british honduras, modern day belize while layman is layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.

bayman

English

(baymen)

Noun

(baymen)
  • One of the earliest European settlers of the eventual colony of British Honduras, modern day Belize.
  • layman

    English

    (wikipedia layman)

    Noun

    (laymen)
  • layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy
  • by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field
  • Carmen is not a professional anthropologist, but strictly a layman .
    Let me explain it to you in layman's terms.
  • a common person
  • a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject
  • * 2005 , .
  • should he be held to be just a layman , or does he have some art?
  • a generally ignorant person
  • lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order
  • Antonyms

    * expert * specialist * professional

    Derived terms

    * in layman's terms