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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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Her early success "only intensified her commitment to stand by the common man - squatting with vendors, arriving wherever there was trouble, dressing simply and making it her hallmark style".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

What he used this week was not the diction of the common man but the language of sociopathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

They are also staying on message that economic policies, in the right hands, can benefit the common man.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2024

Though this sport conjures images of the common man — Ralph Kramden, Archie Bunker and the Dude from “The Big Lebowski” — E.A.R.L. is a star at the bowling congress’ research center in Arlington, Texas.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

They turned the common man into a sultan of the open road.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides