everyman
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520)
Noun[edit]
everyman (plural everymen)
- In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.