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(a) (non-specialist) non-initié(e) m,f, profane mf;∎ the book is incomprehensible to the layman le livre est incompréhensible pour le profane;∎ a layman's guide to the stock market un manuel d'initiation au système boursier(b) (non-clerical) laïc (laïque) m,f
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