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noun
In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: man on the street, John Q. Public
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the ordinary person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commoner, common man, common person
History
Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520).
