Hyphenation of layman

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word layman? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

lay-man

Definitions of layman:

1.	Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

Synonyms of layman:

noun	layperson, commoner, common man, common person

Last hyphenations of this language

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