everyman

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Etymology

Perhaps from the Flemish play Elckerlijc (c. 1495) or its English translation Everyman (c. 1520)

Noun

everyman (plural everymen)

  1. In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
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