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everyman

/ˈɛvɹiːˌmæn/ noun C2
  1. In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort. · Near-synonyms: man on the street, John Q. Public (see more there)· In the novels of John Updike, sometimes Rabbit is his own man, and sometimes he is everyman.

Plural everymen

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