everyman
noun[CorU]
(alsoEveryman)uk/ˈev.ri.mæn/us/ˈev.ri.mæn/aperson, usually a man, who is verytypicalandordinary, withsimilarexperiencesorqualitiesto mostpeople:
He was the everyman whobecameaglobalcelebrity.
In manyways, thecharacteris Everyman.
Beingseenwithbillionairesdoes notfitthe everymanimagehe istryingtoproject.
- It was abolddecisionfor thewriterto make hiskilleran everyman.
- He ismeantto be Everyman, withuniversalappeal.
- Most of hischaractersaremiddle-agedEverymen wholongfororder,tradition, the way things used to be.
- They areanonymoussoldiers,namelesseverymen.
- He has an Everymanqualitythat is sometimesunfairlycriticizedasblandness.
Ordinary people
- banausic
- community
- Essex girl
- everywoman
- grassroots
- John Q. Public
- man/woman of the peopleidiom
- mass
- mass market
- Middle America
- mortal
- omnibus
- popularly
- prole
- public
- rabble
- rank and file
- the common manidiom
- the man/woman in the streetidiom
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibusidiom
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