everyman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.

/ˈɛvɹiːˌmæn/

everyman everymen

Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520).

man on the street John Q. Public

every man Jack Anytown

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