everyman
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everyman
an ordinary person representative of humanity; an ordinary man representative of all men
Not to be confused with:
every man – each man, all men
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Eve·ry·man
or eve·ry·man (ĕv′rē-măn′)n.
An ordinary person, representative of the human race.
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Everyman
(ˈɛvrɪˌmæn)n
1. (Theatre) a medieval English morality play in which the central figure represents mankind, whose earthly destiny is dramatized from the Christian viewpoint
2. (often not capital) the ordinary person; common man
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eve•ry•man
(ˈɛv riˌmæn)n.
an ordinary person; the typical or average person.
[1905–10; after Everyman, a character in a 15th-century morality play]
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everyman
n → Durchschnittsmensch m; language that everyman and everywoman can understand → eine Sprache, die der Durchschnittsmensch verstehen kann
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