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common man

NOUN
Jane Doe
Synonyms
WEAK
average person lowest common denominator woman in the street
NOUN
John Doe
Synonyms
WEAK
Everyman Jane Doe Joe Blow Joe Doakes Joe Sixpack John Q. Public John Smith Mr Brown Mr. Nobody Richard Roe average Joe average person man in the street ordinary Joe

Example Sentences

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This is surely taking social history, which makes the Islamist common man decisive, way too far.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He was a rare win for the common man and maybe even the resurgence of the '90s golden era of rap that will never come back.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

I liked the common man part of that.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024

"It is the matter of the entire country as the common man is being badly affected," said Abdul Rehim Kakar, leader of a traders' association of Balochistan.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2023

I said softly, “Sir, I labored for—” “The common man likes a story,” declared Sharpe.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson